The Tower Hamlets Engineers was a Volunteer unit of the British Royal Engineers (RE) based in East London. Raised in 1868, it provided engineers for two...
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The London Borough of Tower Hamlets is a borough in London, England. Situated on the north bank of the River Thames and immediately east of the City of...
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The Tower Division was a liberty in the ancient county of Middlesex, England. It was also known as the Tower Hamlets, and took its name from the military...
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Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park is a local nature reserve and historic cemetery in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets within the East End of London. It is...
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Tower Hill is the area surrounding the Tower of London in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. It is infamous for the public execution of high status...
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Poplar and Stepney Rifles (redirect from 2nd Tower Hamlets Rifle Volunteer Corps)
the 26th Middlesex RVC and 1st Tower Hamlets AB, alongside the Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own), the Tower Hamlets Militia, and several other London...
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Bromley-by-Bow (redirect from Bromley, Tower Hamlets)
commonly known as Bromley-by-Bow, is a district in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets in East London, located on the western banks of the River Lea, in the...
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Horace Jones and engineered by John Wolfe Barry with the help of Henry Marc Brunel. It crosses the River Thames close to the Tower of London and is one...
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four London brigades of the Royal Field Artillery and the former Tower Hamlets Engineers; most of the supporting arms were newly raised. Essentially, all...
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together with the former London Corps TRE (descended from the Tower Hamlets Engineers) formed 121 Construction Regiment, RE, based at Chelsea with the...
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Greenwich foot tunnel (category Buildings and structures in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets)
Borough of Greenwich) on the south bank with Millwall (London Borough of Tower Hamlets) on the north. Approximately 4,000 people use the tunnel (open 24/7)...
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the Haldane Reforms, the East London (Tower Hamlets) Royal Engineers (Volunteers) became the divisional engineers for the TF's 1st London Division, forming...
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water stays in view." Coldharbour is situated in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets and is bounded by Landons Close to the north, by Marsh Wall to the south...
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The 2nd Battalion, Tower Hamlets Rifles, was a Territorial Army unit of the British Army during World War II. It fought as a motor battalion in the Tunisian...
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Isle of Dogs (category Districts of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets)
status until the 1987 creation of the Isle of Dogs Neighbourhood by Tower Hamlets London Borough Council. It has been known locally as simply "the Island"...
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London Docks (category Buildings and structures in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets)
The docks were closed to shipping in 1969 and sold to the borough of Tower Hamlets. The western portion of the London Docks was filled in with the (unrealised)...
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St Katharine Docks (category Geography of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets)
of Tower Hamlets and within the East End. It lies on the north bank of the River Thames, immediately downstream of the Tower of London and Tower Bridge...
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Bow, London (category Districts of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets)
a district in East London, England and is in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. It is an inner-city suburb located 4.6 miles (7.4 km) east of Charing...
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Watkin's Tower was a partially completed iron lattice tower in Wembley Park, London, England. Its construction was an ambitious project to create a 358-metre...
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Mile End Park (category Parks and open spaces in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets)
Mile End Park is a park located in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. It is a linear park of some 32 hectares (79 acres), and was created on industrial...
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Newfoundland, London (category Buildings and structures in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets)
subsidiary of Canary Wharf Group, submitted a planning application to Tower Hamlets in June 2013 for the erection of a 58-storey and linked 2-storey building...
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Trinity Buoy Wharf (category Buildings and structures in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets)
the Leamouth Peninsula, Poplar. It lies within the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. The lighthouse no longer functions, but is the home of various art...
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John Fox Burgoyne (category Lord-lieutenants of the Tower Hamlets)
the Royal Engineers in 1854, and also served as honorary colonel of 1st Middlesex Engineer Volunteer Corps and of the 1st Lancashire Engineer Volunteer...
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York Hall (category Buildings and structures in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets)
owned by Tower Hamlets Council, was threatened with closure in 2004. After a major refurbishment in a joint project between the local Tower Hamlets council...
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City of London Signals (section Royal Engineers)
Territorial Force after the Haldane reforms in 1908, the East London (Tower Hamlets) Engineers provided the RE components of the Territorial Force's 1st London...
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campuses in Epping, Hackney, Redbridge, Tower Hamlets and Havering". "CIBSE - Society of Public Health Engineers - SoPHE". "The Chartered Institute of Plumbing...
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One Canada Square (redirect from Canary Wharf Tower)
(PDF) on 22 November 2004. Retrieved 31 May 2008. London Borough of Tower Hamlets "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 May 2008...
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Millwall Dock (category Geography of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets)
occupied by commercial office towers, Millwall Dock is also an area where several housing developments and apartment towers have been developed. During...
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4th (City of London) Battalion, London Regiment (redirect from 1st Tower Hamlets Rifle Volunteer Brigade)
(RVCs). The Tower Hamlets area of East London was no exception. The first RVC in the area was short-lived, but the 2nd (Hackney) Tower Hamlets RVC formed...
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transferred to the 2nd Tower Hamlets Engineer Volunteer Corps. It moved its attachment again in 1901, joining the 1st Bedfordshire Engineer Volunteer Corps....
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