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  POPLAR - LoveToKnow Article on POPLAR   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The borough council consists of a mayor, 7 aldermen and 42 councillors.
The poplars are almost entirely confined to the north temperate zone, but a few approach or even pass its northern limit, and they are widely distributed within that area; they show, like the willows, a partiality for moist ground and often line the river-sides in otherwise treeless districts.
The Lombardy poplar is valuable chiefly as an ornamental tree, its timber being of very inferior quality; its tall, erect growth renders it useful to the landscape-gardener as a relief to the rounded forms of other trees, or in contrast to the horizontal lines of the lake or river-bank where it delights to grow.
73.1911encyclopedia.org /P/PO/POPLAR.htm   (1378 words)

  
 GO BRITANNIA! Travel Guide: London's East End - Poplar Rate Strike, 1921
Poplar Council was one of 28 Metropolitan Borough Councils representing a particularly poor part of London's East End.
Poplar had a large number of rail and dock workers whose labour was essential during the war; prevented from joining the armed forces.
The London County Council and the Metropolitan Asylum Board applied to the Court for the Councillors to be declared in contempt of the mandamus.
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 Metropolitan Borough of Poplar - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Metropolitan Borough of Poplar was between 1899 and 1965 a metropolitan borough in the County of London.
It became part of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets.
It included the districts of Bow, Bromley-by-Bow, Blackwall, Poplar and the Isle of Dogs.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Metropolitan_Borough_of_Poplar   (88 words)

  
 Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich was a metropolitan borough in the County of London between 1899 and 1965.
It was amalgamated with the Metropolitan Borough of Woolwich to form the London Borough of Greenwich.
It bordered the boroughs of Woolwich, Deptford, Lewisham.
encyclopedia-glossary.com /en/Metropolitan-Borough-of-Greenwich.html   (145 words)

  
 Poplar
The metropolitan borough of Poplar, between Limehouse and West Ham, was originally a hamlet of Stepney and obtained its name from the large number of poplar-trees that once grew there.
Poplar Chapel, in East India Dock Road, is now the church of St Mathias, and is surrounded by four acres of lawns and shrubberies, including tennis-courts and greens.
The Queens Theatre, Poplar, also known as the Oriental, was built in 1865 and had many alterations through the years, one of which was substantial rebuilding as a music hall in 1873.
www.arthurlloyd.co.uk /Poplar.htm   (922 words)

  
 CIVICHERALDRY OF ENGLAND AND WALES-GREATER LONDON   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The London Borough of Barnet was formed by the amalgamation of the Borough of Finchley, the Borough of Hendon, the Barnet Urban District, the East Barnet Urban District and the Friern Barnet Urban District.
The London Borough of Hillingdon was formed by the amalgamation of the Borough of Uxbridge, the Hayes and Harlington Urban District, the Ruislip-Northwood Urban District and the Yiewsley and West Drayton Urban District.
The mural crown, a symbol of civic government, is from the crest of Carshalton UDC and the parrot (or popinjay) is from the crest of the Borough of Sutton and Cheam, derived from the heraldry of the Lumley family, former Lords of the Manor of Cheam.
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Regional Location Pitman Borough, New Jersey is located in the central portion of Gloucester County approximately six miles south of the City of Woodbury, the county seat of government.
Borough employees deposit the collected recyclables at the Borough garage where they are picked up by a contractor.
The current COAH 1999 income standards as applied to the Borough of Pitman, as well as the maximum payments for a household at the upper limits of the low and moderate income categories are shown in Figure 14, Housing Affordability, Income Limits and Corresponding Housing Payments, Region 5: Burlington, Camden and Gloucester Counties.
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 Station Information - Metropolitan Borough of Hackney
The Metropolitan Borough of Hackney was a metropolitan borough of the County of London from 1888 to 1965.
It was merged into the London Borough of Hackney.
It bordered Stoke Newington, Islington, Shoreditch, Bethnal Green and the Poplar.
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 Metropolitan Borough of Hackney - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Metropolitan Borough of Hackney was a metropolitan borough of the County of London from 1899 to 1965.
Its area became part of the London Borough of Hackney.
Headquarters of the Metropolitan borough, still used by the London borough (October 2005).
www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Metropolitan_Borough_of_Hackney   (97 words)

  
 Poplar   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
BLACKWALL belongs to the hamlet of Poplar, in the extensive and populous parish of Stepney, in Middlesex.
Poplar marsh is reckoned one of the richest spots of ground in England; for it not only raises the largest cattle, but the grass it bears is esteemed a great restorative of all distempered cattle.
Poplar's oldest church, originally known as Poplar Chapel, since added to and considerably altered, was erected in 1766 as the Chapel of the East India Company, which had a chapel in the vicinity over a century earlier, as mentioned above.
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 London Borough of Tower Hamlets Online Research :: Information about London Borough of Tower Hamlets   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The London Borough of Tower Hamlets is a London borough to the east of the City of London and north of the River Thames in East London, England.
The Borough itself was formed in 1965 out of the former Metropolitan Boroughs of Metropolitan Borough of Bethnal Green, Metropolitan Borough of Poplar and Metropolitan Borough of Stepney which formed the classic East End of London.
With 36.4%, the borough is the local authority with the highest percentage of Islam in the United Kingdom.
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 London_Borough_of_Tower_Hamlets   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The London Borough of Tower Hamlets is a London borough to the east of the City of London and north of the River Thames in East London.
The Borough itself was formed in 1965 out of the former Metropolitan Boroughs of Bethnal Green, Poplar and Stepney which formed the classic East End.
With 36,4 the borough is the local authority with the highest percentage of Muslims in Britain.
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 Metropolitan Borough of Camberwell - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Metropolitan Borough of Camberwell was a metropolitan borough in the County of London.
It was created in 1899, from various other settlements within the County of London.
In 1965 it amalgamated with the Metropolitan Borough of Southwark and the Metropolitan Borough of Bermondsey to form the London Borough of Southwark.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Metropolitan_Borough_of_Camberwell   (95 words)

  
 Casebook: Jack the Ripper - Poplar in the Past   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
A learned resident writing in the early part of the eighteenth century testified to this being the actual case in his day, but this evidence in support is in itself slender, and does not overcome the difficulty implied by the absence of the plural number.
He was one of the representatives of Poplar on the Stepney Vestry, and was churchwarden in 1639, the year in which he died.
In 1642 the Company granted to the inhabitants of Blackwall and Poplar a piece of ground behind their almshouses for the purpose of erecting a chapel, but it was not until 1653-4 that it was built.
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 North Tyneside --  Encyclopædia Britannica
metropolitan borough, metropolitan county of Tyne and Wear, historic county of Northumberland, northeastern England.
The borough lies just east of the city of Newcastle upon Tyne and is bordered by the River Tyne to the south and the North Sea to the east.
It is an urban, industrial region that comprises five metropolitan boroughs: Gateshead, North Tyneside, South Tyneside, and the cities of...
www.britannica.com /eb/article-9056224   (858 words)

  
 Poplar   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Like willows, many poplars have very strong and invasive root systems, so they must not be planted too close to houses or waterpipes as they will crack walls and pipes in their search for moisture.
And Jacob took him rods of green poplar, and of the hazel and chestnut tree; and pilled white streaks in them, and made the white appear which was in the rods.
And Jacob took to him rods of green poplar, and of the hazel and chesnut-tree; and peeled white streaks in them, and made the white appear which was in the rods.
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 East End history, London history, End End of London, Tower Hamlets, Poplar, East India Company, Luftwaffe,
With Millwall Docks joining the West and East India, Poplar could claim to be the hub of the greatest maritime trading centre in the world.
Poplar Chapel was enlarged and became St Matthias, new District Board of Works offices were built next door and a town hall was erected next to All Saints.
The village of Poplar had long been developing to the north of the East India Dock Road, and this triangle of land was redeveloped as the Lansbury Estate.
www.eastlondonhistory.com /poplar.htm   (843 words)

  
 STEPNEY - LoveToKnow Article on STEPNEY   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
STEPNEY, an eastern metropolitan borough of London, England, bounded N. by Bethnal Green, E. by Poplar, S. by the river Thames, and W. by the City of London and Shoreditch.
The municipal borough comprises the Stepney, Whitechapel, Mile End, Limehouse and St George divisions of the Tower Hamlets parliamentary borough, each division returning one member.
The borough council consists of a mayor, 10 aldermen, and 6o councillors.
2.1911encyclopedia.org /S/ST/STEPNEY.htm   (877 words)

  
 Articles - County of London   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The county was abolished in 1965 and was replaced by the much larger Greater London, which took in nearly all of Middlesex, along with much of Surrey, Kent, Essex and part of Hertfordshire.
Eleven years after its foundation, in 1899, the County of London was divided into 28 metropolitan boroughs, which replaced the ancient parishes and vestries as the second tier of local government.
When the County of London was abolished in 1965 these metropolition boroughs were merged to form 12 London boroughs.
www.wathcesa.com /articles/County_of_London   (279 words)

  
 poplar
Populus is a genus of trees which includes the cottonwoods, poplars, and aspens, all of which are sometimes termed poplars.
The "yellow poplar" or "tulip poplar" is not a poplar, but is the tuliptree.
Poplars are deciduous, and turn bright gold to yellow before their leaves fall.
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 EoLFHS Parishes: Poplar
Poplar was a hamlet of Stepney until it became a separate parish in 1817.
The registers of Poplar Chapel were transferred to the new church, the old building was then renamed St. Matthias and a new set of registers started.
Poplar became a metropolitan borough in 1900 including Bow and Bromley.
www.eolfhs.org.uk /parish/poplar.htm   (368 words)

  
 Old Poplar Library : Business Units to rent | Live Work Units to buy
An Account of the New Public Library at Brunswick Road, Poplar, in Commemoration of a Reception given by HIS WORSHIP THE MAYOR (J. Cahill, Esq., J.P.), On JUNE 13, 1906, to celebrate the opening.
The internal faces of walls are in gauged plaster with keene's cement dados, the whole being distempered in various tints.
Harley Heckford, A.M.I.C.E., the Borough Surveyor, were submitted to the competing architects, and the planning throughout affords excellent supervision and economy in working.
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 EoLFHS Parishes: Bromley
Until the 19th century the area was largely used for farming and market gardening with some industries along the River Lea such as calico bleaching, milling grain and distilling.
In 1900 Bromley became part of the Metropolitan Borough of Poplar.
The church of St. Mary was severely damaged, during the war and with the construction of the northern approach road to the Blackwall Tunnel, all that remains is part of the churchyard off Bromley High Street.
www.eolfhs.org.uk /parish/bromley.htm   (176 words)

  
 Metropolitan Borough of Poplar -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Metropolitan Borough of Poplar -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
The Metropolitan Borough of Poplar was between 1899 and 1965 a (additional info and facts about metropolitan borough) metropolitan borough in the (additional info and facts about County of London) County of London.
It became part of the (additional info and facts about London Borough of Tower Hamlets) London Borough of Tower Hamlets.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/M/Me/Metropolitan_Borough_of_Poplar.htm   (98 words)

  
 Articles - Metropolitan Borough of Paddington   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The Metropolitan Borough of Paddington was a metropolitan borough of the County of London between 1899 and 1965, when it was merged into the London Borough of Westminster.
It was that part of the London Borough of Westminster west of Edgware Road and Maida Vale, and north of Bayswater Road.
To the south it bordered the Metropolitan Borough of Westminster, to the east, the Metropolitan Borough of St Marylebone.
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 Metropolitan Borough of Finsbury - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Metropolitan Borough of Finsbury   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Metropolitan Borough of Finsbury - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Metropolitan Borough of Finsbury.
The Metropolitan Borough of Finsbury was a metropolitan borough within the County of London from 1899 to 1965, when it was amalgamated with the Metropolitan Borough of Islington to form the London Borough of Islington.
The orginal Metropolitan Borough of Finsbury article can be editet
www.encyclopedia-glossary.com /en/Metropolitan-Borough-of-Finsbury.html   (147 words)

  
 Poplar Borough Council (1927). Pt.3
The Poplar Pavilion is a cinema theatre near the docks; All Saints' Church is near, and the L.M.S. Railway Station is in the same road.
Great efforts have been made by the Poplar Borough Council to reduce tuberculosis in the Borough, and a special department at 1, Wellington Road is devoted to the purpose.
The Lea, which forms the eastern boundary of Poplar, Bromley and Bow, but faintly resembles to-day the stream in which the consort of Henry I received her involuntary wetting before she earned the blessing of travellers in these parts by causing the first bridges to be built across it.
www.mernick.co.uk /thhol/pbc1927(03).html   (8629 words)

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