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History of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets

  • East End of LondonThe East End of London began to emerge in the Middle Ages with initially slow urban growth outside the eastern walls. John Strype's 1720 Survey of London…
  • Constable of the TowerThe office of Constable of the Tower dates back to within a few years of the Norman Conquest in 1066. Geoffrey de Mandeville became the first holder of this…
  • Kingsley HallDoris and Muriel Lester grew up in wealth, yet their grandfather Henry Lester began life as a bricklayer's labourer at age eight.
  • Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding CompanyThe year 1837 marked the birth of a shipbuilding venture in Deptford. Thomas J. Ditchburn and Charles John Mare founded the Ditchburn and Mare Shipbuilding…