Poplar, London

All Saints Church in Poplar

Poplar is an area of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets in East London. It is about 5.5 miles (8.9 km) east of Charing Cross. Poplar gets its name from the black poplar tree, a large and locally rare species.

History

Mordern Poplar is some distance from the City of London and was originally known as the Metropolitan Borough of Poplar in 1900, composed of the former Poplar, Bow and Bromley-by-Bow parishes. In 1965, it merged with the Metropolitan Boroughs of Stepney and Bethnal Green to form the new London Borough of Tower Hamlets.

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The parishes that would ultimately become the London Borough of Tower Hamlets.
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The parish boundaries of Bow, Bromley and Poplar preserved in ward boundaries within the former Metropolitan Borough of Poplar.
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St. Mary and St. Joseph Church
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Poplar Town Hall, now a business centre

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