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Businesses (51)
- A. G. Hedges, butchers of Watney Street, Stepney Stepney, Middlesex
- Binks Brothers, wire rope manufacturers, Millwall Millwall, Middlesex
- Blundell's London Copper & Brass Works Ltd Limehouse, Middlesex
- Caird & Rayner, engineers and coppersmiths Limehouse, Middlesex
- Charlwood Alliance Properties Ltd London
- E Tann & Sons, locksmiths Bethnal Green, Middlesex
- East End Dwellings Co Ltd , Whitechapel London
- East End Life, London Borough of Tower Hamlets free newspaper Tower Hamlets, Middlesex
- East India Co London
- Estmanco (White Horse Lane) Ltd, housing estate management company Stepney, Middlesex
- Francis & C Walters, funeral directors, Limehouse Limehouse, Middlesex
- Free Trade Wharf Co Ltd, wharfingers London
- George Goldring, architect and surveyor Limehouse, Middlesex
- George Stanley Fish, jeweller and pawnbroker Stepney, Middlesex
- George W Mancell (London) Ltd, iron and steel merchants Millwall, Middlesex
- Goodmans Fields Building Society Whitechapel, Middlesex
- Half Moon Theatre Company London
- Hawkins & Tipson Ltd, ropemakers Stepney, Middlesex
- Henry Haust, baker Limehouse, Middlesex
- Hunter & English Ltd, engineers and millwrights, Bow Bow, Middlesex
- J Slonims & Co, window glass merchants Whitechapel, Middlesex
- J Ward & Son, undertaker, Poplar Poplar, Middlesex
- James Pullen, butcher Bethnal Green, Middlesex
- JJ & SW Chalk, timber merchants and importers Whitechapel, Middlesex
- John Bristow, fire engine maker Ratcliff, Middlesex
- John Clippingdale, pilot Blackwall, Middlesex
- John Soanes Son & Co, rope manufacturers Bow, Middlesex
- Limehouse Savings Bank Limehouse, Middlesex
- London Fields Film & Video Ltd Blackheath, Kent
- London Hydraulic Power Co London
- Mile End Stadium Mile End, Middlesex
- N J Fenner & H B Alder & Co Ltd, paint manufacturers, Millwall Millwall, Middlesex
- O'Brien & Cotter, physicians Bethnal Green, Middlesex
- Pemberton Barnes Estates Co Ltd London;Mile End, Middlesex
- Poplar Savings Bank Poplar, Middlesex
- Prudential Assurance Co Ltd London
- Robert William Sherrard, oilman Bow, Middlesex
- Robert Womersley, industrial chemist Spitalfields, Middlesex
- Shadwell Waterworks Co London
- Soutter family, shipowners Shadwell, Middlesex
- Stepney & Suburban Permanent Building Society Stepney, Middlesex
- Stocker & Roberts, surveyors Cubitt Town, Middlesex
- Surrey Commercial Dock Co London
- T & W Ide, glass merchants and manufacturers London
- Taylor, Walker & Co Ltd, brewers London
- Tenement Dwellings Co Ltd London
- Thomas Ennor, builder Stepney, Middlesex
- Verde & Co Ltd, fruit wholesalers, London Spitalfields, Middlesex;Southwark, Surrey
- W Badger Ltd, marine engineers and ship repairers, London London
- Whitwell Coal Co Ltd, coal merchants, Poplar Poplar, Middlesex
- William Burton & Sons (Bethnal Green) Ltd, chemical mfrs London
Organisations (201)
- Central Council for District Nursing in London Greater London;London
- Aldermanbury Postern (Independent) Chapel, London London
- All Saints parish, Poplar Poplar, Middlesex
- Associations of Island Communities: Isle of Dogs Millwall, Middlesex
- Avenues Unlimited, youth and community project, Tower Hamlets Tower Hamlets, Middlesex
- Bangladesh Support Group
- Ben Jonson Primary School, Mile End Mile End, Middlesex
- Bethnal Green Adult Education Institute Bethnal Green, Middlesex
- Bethnal Green Allotment and Garden Association Bethnal Green, Middlesex
- Bethnal Green Anglers Club Bethnal Green, Middlesex
- Bethnal Green Constituency Labour Party Bethnal Green, Middlesex
- Bethnal Green Co-operative Party Bethnal Green, Middlesex
- Bethnal Green Free Library Bethnal Green, Middlesex
- Bethnal Green Health Society Bethnal Green, Middlesex
- Bethnal Green land tax Bethnal Green, Middlesex
- Bethnal Green Literary Society Bethnal Green, Middlesex
- Bethnal Green Men's Institute Bethnal Green, Middlesex
- Bethnal Green Metropolitan Borough Council Bethnal Green, Middlesex
- Bethnal Green Old People's Trust Fund Bethnal Green, Middlesex
- Bethnal Green Ratepayers Association Bethnal Green, Middlesex
- Bethnal Green Road Congregational Church Bethnal Green, Middlesex
- Bethnal Green Tube Shelter Accident Fund Bethnal Green, Middlesex
- Bethnal Green valuation lists Bethnal Green, Middlesex
- Bethnal Green Workhouse Bethnal Green, Middlesex
- Bonner Primary School, Bethnal Green Bethnal Green, Middlesex
- Borough of Bethnal Green Distress Fund Bethnal Green, Middlesex
- Borough of Poplar Nature Study Union Poplar, Middlesex
- Bow and Poplar Constituency Labour Party Poplar, Middlesex;Bow, Middlesex
- Bow Consolidated Charities Bow, Middlesex
- Bowbrook Girls School Bow, Middlesex
- Brady Club, Jewish youth organisation Whitechapel, Middlesex
- Bromley-by-Bow charities Bromley-by-Bow, Middlesex
- Bromley-by-Bow Petty Sessions Bromley-by-Bow, Middlesex
- Building Control Service, London Borough of Tower Hamlets Tower Hamlets, Middlesex
- Byron Street School Benevolent Association, Poplar Poplar, Middlesex
- Cable Street Group Stepney, Middlesex
- Cambridge and Bethnal Green Boys' Club Bethnal Green, Middlesex
- Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament: Tower Hamlets branch Tower Hamlets, Middlesex
- Campaign to Save Spitalfields from the Developers Spitalfields, Middlesex
- Central Foundation Girls School, Spitalfields Spitalfields, Middlesex
- Christ Church parish, Spitalfields Spitalfields, Middlesex
- Christian Friendly Benefit Society, Bethnal Green Bethnal Green, Middlesex
- Church Missionary Society: Poplar Poplar, Middlesex
- Citizens Advice Bureau: Bethnal Green Bethnal Green, Middlesex
- City and Spitalfields School of Art London;Spitalfields, Middlesex
- Coverdale and Ebenezer Congregational Church, Shadwell Shadwell, Middlesex
- Cubitt Town Primitive Methodist Church Cubitt Town, Middlesex
- Dockland Settlement No. 2, Isle of Dogs London
- Earl of Wycombe, east indiaman
- East End Connection, community heritage project
- East India Company Almshouses, Poplar Poplar, Middlesex
- East India Company Chapel, Poplar Poplar, Middlesex
- East London (Baptist) Tabernacle, Mile End Mile End, Middlesex
- East London History Society London
- East London Nursing Society Stepney, Middlesex
- East London Schools Sports Association London
- Eastside Community Heritage Ilford, Essex
- Elizabeth Barrett Browning Secondary School, Mile End Mile End, Middlesex
- Epping Forest Preservation Society Epping Forest, Essex
- Federation of Jewish Relief Organisations
- Federation of Synagogues London
- Founders Hall (Independent chapel), London London
- George Fournier's Charity, Bethnal Green Bethnal Green, Middlesex
- George Green's School, Poplar Poplar, Middlesex
- Good Shepherd Mission, Bethnal Green Bethnal Green, Middlesex
- Guardian Angels Roman Catholic School, Mile End Mile End, Middlesex
- Hamlet of Mile End Old Town Mile End, Middlesex
- Harbinger, iron passenger ship
- Highway Clubs, Tower Hamlets Tower Hamlets, Middlesex
- Holy Trinity Minories parish, London London
- Independent Order of Oddfellows, Manchester Unity: Stepney District Secretaries' Association Stepney, Middlesex
- Inner London Education Authority London
- Isle of Dogs Living Archive Tower Hamlets, Middlesex
- James George Greenwood's Coal Charity, Bethnal Green Bethnal Green, Middlesex
- John Groser Memorial Trust, Tower Hamlets Tower Hamlets, Middlesex
- John Knox Presbyterian Church, Stepney Stepney, Middlesex
- Joi Bangla Banned, Bengali rock group
- Kingsley Hall and Children's House, Bow Bow, Middlesex
- Lansbury Adult Education Institute, Bow Bow, Middlesex
- Latimer Congregational Church, Mile End Mile End, Middlesex
- Lea Rivers Trust, waterway trust, London London
- Lighthouse Baptist Church, Bromley-by-Bow Bromley-by-Bow, Middlesex
- Limehouse and Ratcliffe Road Action Group Limehouse, Middlesex;Ratcliff, Middlesex
- Limehouse District Board of Works Limehouse, Middlesex
- Limehouse Library Limehouse, Middlesex
- Limehouse Ward Labour Party Limehouse, Middlesex
- Little Alie Street Baptist Church, Whitechapel Whitechapel, Middlesex
- Little Hoppers Hospital, Paddock Wood Paddock Wood, Kent
- London Borough of Tower Hamlets Tower Hamlets, Middlesex
- London Tenants Association London;Greater London
- Loyal United Friends Friendly Society, Spitalfields Spitalfields, Middlesex
- Middlesex Society Charity School, Stepney Stepney, Middlesex
- Mile End Old Town Charity School Mile End, Middlesex
- Mile End Old Town Residents Association Mile End, Middlesex
- Mission Hall, White Post Lane, Hackney Wick, Bow Bow, Middlesex
- Morpeth School, Bethnal Green Bethnal Green, Middlesex
- National Association of Local Government Officers: Bethnal Green branch Bethnal Green, Middlesex
- National Union of Teachers: East London Teachers Association London;Greater London
- Neighbours in Poplar (NIP) Poplar, Middlesex
- Northampton (2), east indiaman
- Norton Folgate Liberty Shoreditch, Middlesex
- Old Raineians Association, Stepney Stepney, Middlesex
- Olga Primary School, Bow Bow, Middlesex
- Olga Street Women's Institute, Bow Bow, Middlesex
- Oxford House Settlement, Bethnal Green Bethnal Green, Middlesex
- Parmiter’s Foundation School, Bethnal Green Bethnal Green, Middlesex
- Play Association Tower Hamlets (PATH), children's charity
- Poplar and Berger Baptist Tabernacle Poplar, Middlesex
- Poplar and Blackwall Free School Trust Fund Poplar, Middlesex;Blackwall, Middlesex
- Poplar and Blackwall National School Poplar, Middlesex;Blackwall, Middlesex
- Poplar Borough Municipal Alliance Poplar, Middlesex
- Poplar Constituency Labour Party Poplar, Middlesex
- Poplar District Board of Works Poplar, Middlesex
- Poplar Medical Association Poplar, Middlesex
- Poplar Metropolitan Borough Council Poplar, Middlesex
- Poplar Old Peoples Welfare Committee Poplar, Middlesex
- Poplar Relief Service Unit Poplar, Middlesex
- Poplar Union Workhouse Poplar, Middlesex
- Princelet Street Synagogue, Spitalfields Spitalfields, Middlesex
- Progressive Youth Organisation, youth agency, Whitechapel Whitechapel, Middlesex
- Prospect Walk Allotments Association, Tower Hamlets Tower Hamlets, Middlesex
- Raise up, Best Days of Our Lives, multicultural East London heritage project London
- Ratcliff Educational Trust Tower Hamlets, Middlesex
- Real, disability charity, Tower Hamlets
- Riverside Mansions Club, Wapping Wapping, Middlesex
- Royal National Lifeboat Institution
- Scout Association: Poplar Branch Poplar, Middlesex
- Sebright Foundation London
- Shadwell Ward Labour Party Shadwell, Middlesex
- Shoreditch and Bethnal Green Nursing Association Shoreditch, Middlesex;Bethnal Green, Middlesex
- Soanes Centre Tower Hamlets, Middlesex
- Society for Chanting Psalms and Visiting the Sick, Spitalfields Spitalfields, Middlesex
- South Poplar and Limehouse Action for Secure Housing (SPLASH) Poplar, Middlesex
- Spitalfields Community Association Spitalfields, Middlesex
- Spitalfields Festival Ltd Spitalfields, Middlesex
- Spitalfields Great Synagogue Spitalfields, Middlesex
- Spitalfields Market Under Threat (SMUT) Spitalfields, Middlesex
- St Anne parish, Limehouse Limehouse, Middlesex
- St Botolph without Aldersgate parish, London London
- St Dunstan and All Saints parish, Stepney Stepney, Middlesex
- St Ethelburga Society Schools, Bishopsgate London
- St George-in-the-East parish, Stepney Stepney, Middlesex
- St George's German Lutheran Church, Whitechapel Whitechapel, Middlesex
- St George's Nature Study Museum Middlesex;Greater London
- St Hilda's East Community Centre Bethnal Green, Middlesex
- St John at Wapping parish Wapping, Middlesex
- St Katharine & Shadwell Trust Tower Hamlets, Middlesex
- St Katherine Precinct Paving Commissioners London
- St Leonard parish, Bromley-by-Bow Bromley-by-Bow, Middlesex
- St Margaret's House, Bethnal Green Bethnal Green, Middlesex
- St Mary parish, Bow Bow, Middlesex
- St Mary parish, Whitechapel Whitechapel, Middlesex
- St Matthew parish, Bethnal Green Bethnal Green, Middlesex
- St Matthew's National School, Bethnal Green Bethnal Green, Middlesex
- St Matthias Church of England School, Poplar Poplar, Middlesex
- St Paul parish, Shadwell Shadwell, Middlesex
- St Paul Shadwell Educational Charity Shadwell, Middlesex
- St Paul's German Reformed Church, Whitechapel Whitechapel, Middlesex
- St Paul's Presbyterian Church, Millwall Millwall, Middlesex
- St Saviour School, Poplar Poplar, Middlesex
- Stairway to Heaven Memorial Trust, Bethnal Green
- Stepney Borough Museum Stepney, Middlesex
- Stepney Chamber of Commerce Stepney, Middlesex
- Stepney Jewish Day Centre Stepney, Middlesex
- Stepney Labour Party Stepney, Middlesex
- Stepney Meeting House Stepney, Middlesex
- Stepney Metropolitan Borough Council Stepney, Middlesex
- Stepney Relief in Need Charity
- Sunday School Union: East London auxiliary London
- Teviot Action Group (TAG) Poplar, Middlesex
- The Cedar Centre, Isle of Dogs Millwall, Middlesex
- The Red House, Stepney (Incorporated), temperance, missionary and charitable organisation Stepney, Middlesex
- Tower Division Commissioners of Income Tax London
- Tower division land tax London;Greater London
- Tower Hamlets African Caribbean Mental Health Organisation
- Tower Hamlets Commission of Sewers Tower Hamlets, Middlesex
- Tower Hamlets Community Arts Tower Hamlets, Middlesex
- Tower Hamlets Co-operative Party Tower Hamlets, Middlesex
- Tower Hamlets Council Tower Hamlets, Middlesex
- Tower Hamlets Council of Churches
- Tower Hamlets Healthcare NHS Trust Tower Hamlets, Middlesex
- Tower Hamlets Institute for Adult Education Tower Hamlets, Middlesex
- Tower Hamlets Labour Party Tower Hamlets, Middlesex
- Tower Hamlets Local History Library and Archives Tower Hamlets, Middlesex
- Tower Hamlets Mission Tower Hamlets, Middlesex
- Tower Hamlets Old Peoples Welfare Trust Stepney, Middlesex
- Tower Hamlets Photographic Society Stepney, Middlesex
- Tower Hamlets Trades Union Council Tower Hamlets, Middlesex
- Trinity Congregational Church, Poplar Poplar, Middlesex
- Trinity Methodist Church, Poplar Poplar, Middlesex
- Trinity United Reformed (formerly Congregational) Church, Poplar Poplar, Middlesex
- Union of Stepney Ratepayers Stepney, Middlesex
- UNISON: Tower Hamlets Branch Tower Hamlets, Middlesex
- United Reformed Church East London (Tower Hamlets) Committee Tower Hamlets, Middlesex
- Victoria Amateur Cricket Club London
- Victoria Park Baptist Church Victoria Park, Middlesex
- Walden Literary Society, Poplar Poplar, Middlesex
- Whim, brig
- Whitechapel District Board of Works Whitechapel, Middlesex
- Whitechapel Library Whitechapel, Middlesex
- Whitechapel Museum Whitechapel, Middlesex
Persons (38)
- Begum, Julie, (fl1980-2019), activist and Chair of the Swadhinata Trust
- Adams, Mark, (fl 1980-1999), community activist and local government officer Tower Hamlets, Middlesex
- Allgood, Henry George Chesterman, (1862-1917), vestryman and local historian
- Atkinson, John, (1824-1901), clergyman
- Atkinson, John William, (1847-1916), Congregational minister
- Aylmer, Peter, (b1951), teacher, politician and researcher in education Essex;Tower Hamlets, Middlesex
- Benoly, Lydia Dorothea, (1887-1969), mayor of Bethnal Green
- Binder, Pearl, (1904-1990), writer, illustrator, and artist Salford, Lancashire;London
- Buxton, Sydney Charles, (1853-1934), 1st Earl Buxton, Governor General of South Africa
- Chaudhuri, Manju, (fl1980-2020), educationalist and author
- Clark, James Andrew, (1868-1914), cornet player
- Crooks, William, (1852-1921), Politician
- Cumberbatch, Harrington Delisle, (b1943), MBE for services to African Caribbean people with mental health problems in Tower Hamlets Barbados
- Fishman, William Jack, (1921-2014), historian London
- Fletcher, Thomas Wayland, (1833-1901), Architect
- Garrett, Myra, (fl1970-2017), social worker and community development and public health campaigner
- Gliddon, Marchant Alexander, (1819-1869), antiquary
- Greatorex, Daniel, (1829-1901), Anglican clergyman
- Hassan, Simeera, (fl 2012-2013), Opening Up Archives trainee Tower Hamlets, Middlesex
- Jacob, Albert, (1917-1999), Trustee of The National Museum of Labour History, Director of Tower Hamlets Environment Trust Tower Hamlets, Middlesex;Bethnal Green, Middlesex
- Lansbury, Edgar, (1887-1935), councillor, Labour and Communist
- Lansbury, George, (1859-1940), Labour Politician
- Leech, Kenneth, (1939-2015), Anglican clergyman
- Lewis, Ronald, (b 1928), resident of Tower Hamlets Tower Hamlets, Middlesex
- McCarthy, Cornelius, (1935-2009), artist
- Morrison, Arthur, (1863-1945), Author
- Ramsay, Edith, (1895-1983), social worker, educationalist, campaigner
- Rogers, Leon, (b1940) Tower Hamlets, Middlesex
- Searle, Chris, (b 1944), teacher and poet Romford, Essex
- Singleton, Patricia Mary, (1942-2020), of Whitechapel, campaigner and secretary of Kempton Court Residents' Committee
- Smyth, Norah , (1874-1963), suffragette, photographer and socialist activist
- Snaith, Stanley, (1903-1976), librarian, poet, antiquary and mountaineer
- Tomlinson, Henry Major, (1873-1958), writer and traveller
- Tompsett, Fabian, (fl1980-2010), writer, activist and artist Tower Hamlets, Middlesex
- Wemyss, Georgie , (fl1993-2019), social sciences lecturer and member of Women Unite Against Racism
- Wheler, John, (1734-1818), clergyman
- Whiffin, William T, (1878-1957), photographer
- Williamson, Joseph, (1895-1988), vicar of St Paul's, Dock Street, Whitechapel
Diaries (17)
- Atkinson, Stanley Bean, (1873-1910), local councillor Tower Hamlets, Middlesex
- Bolt, Daniel Roberts, (d1904), sea captain London
- Carr, Robert William, (fl 1857-1859), sailmaker Bethnal Green, Middlesex
- Eversley, John, (fl 1970-2010), health campaigner
- Fox, Thomas, (fl 1847-1880), diarist Poplar, Middlesex
- Goff, Elijah, (1788-1799), Coal Merchant Stepney, Middlesex
- Halsall, Dorothy Barbara, (1913-2010) Stepney, Middlesex
- Hanks, George, (1909-1914), Rector Of St Mary's Whitechapel, Middlesex
- Hart, Arthur W, (fl 1887), of Mile End Old Town Mile End, Middlesex
- Maher, Rosemary Joyce, (fl 1974-1979), Local Councillor Bethnal Green, Middlesex
- Murphy, Clare, (fl 1970-1995), Community Worker Spitalfields, Middlesex
- Peck, Joshua, (fl 1990-2010), councillor Tower Hamlets, Middlesex
- Rashleigh, George Vernon, (1849-1913), naval paymaster United States of America
- Taylor, Mary A, (fl 1949-2008) Spitalfields, Middlesex
- Thorne, William Benson, (1878-1966), librarian Poplar, Middlesex
- Tidd, Arthur, (fl 1936-1940), landlord Bow, Middlesex
- Winslow, Edward, (fl1950), Councillor Bethnal Green, Middlesex
Families (2)
- Merceron family of Bethnal Green Bethnal Green, Middlesex
- Pickering Family of Stepney and South Carolina Stepney, Middlesex
Paper catalogues available to view at The National Archives - (31)
- NRA 37053 Bethnal Green Borough link to online catalogue
- NRA 26570 Bow Consolidated Charities link to online catalogue
- NRA 26571 Bow: Kingsley Hall and Children's House
- NRA 41521 Central Foundation Girls School, Spitalfields, London link to online catalogue
- NRA 39897 East India Co: Poplar Chapel and almshouses
- NRA 36044 East London Nursing Society link to online catalogue
- NRA 42295 Thomas Ennor, builder, London link to online catalogue
- NRA 42743 Goodmans Fields Building Society, Whitechapel link to online catalogue
- NRA 42325 Latimer Congregational Church, Mile End link to online catalogue
- NRA 42313 Lighthouse Baptist Church, Bromley-by-Bow link to online catalogue
- NRA 26584 London Hydraulic Power Co Ltd
- NRA 30178 London Metropolitan Archives: education records
- NRA 29479 London parishes
- NRA 32353 George W Mancell (London) Ltd, iron and steel merchants, Millwall link to online catalogue
- NRA 42991 National Society for Promoting Religious Education link to scanned list
- NRA 42745 National Sunday School Union: East London auxiliary link to online catalogue
- NRA 41167 National Union of Teachers: East London Teachers Association link to online catalogue
- NRA 42746 Old Raineians Association, Stepney link to online catalogue
- NRA 26568 Pemberton-Barnes Estates Co Ltd, London link to online catalogue
- NRA 11503 Poplar and Bromley St Leonards manorial documents and deeds
- NRA 31735 Poplar Borough
- NRA 36043 Shoreditch and Bethnal Green Nursing Association link to online catalogue
- NRA 32352 Spitalfields: Princelet Street Synagogue link to online catalogue
- NRA 32687 St George's German Lutheran Church, Whitechapel link to online catalogue
- NRA 42744 St Margaret's House, Bethnal Green link to online catalogue
- NRA 26569 Stepney Chamber of Commerce
- NRA 31734 Stepney Meeting House link to online catalogue
- NRA 26572 Stocker and Roberts, surveyors link to online catalogue
- NRA 44713 Tower Hamlets Adult Education Institute link to online catalogue
- NRA 30947 Tower Hamlets Local History Library: misc accessions
- NRA 41168 Victoria Park Baptist Church, Bow link to online catalogue
Accessions
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