Tower Hamlets Collection (page 9)

Commercial Road, London, 1801. Artist: William Wickings
Commercial Road, London, 1801. A plan of the intended road

The Lord Chancellor (Judge Jeffreys) taken disguis d in Wapping, 1688
The Lord Chancellor taken disguis d in Wapping, 1688; Judge Jeffreys stands, surrounded by a hostile crowd, between two train band men

The Thames Tunnel, London, 1827. Artist: Samuel Knights
THE TUNNEL !!! or another BUBBLE BURST!, 1827; pedestrians walking through the Thames Tunnel, London flee in terror as a torrent of water gushes through the roof. Beneath this image is a moral verse

Warehouses &c at the end of the Tunnel towards Wapping, London, c1831. Artist
Warehouses etc at the end of the Tunnel towards Wapping, published 1831 (hand coloured engraving). From Coloured Views on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway with plates of the Coaches, Machines

City workers lunching at Tower wharf, seated on old cannons, c1920s-c1930s. Artist
City workers lunching at Tower wharf, seated on old cannons, c1920s-c1930s. The wharf was built during the reign of Henry III (1207-1222)

Old Jewish man and his grandson carrying some fowls, Wentworth Street, Stepney, 20th century
Old Jewish man and his grandson carrying some fowls, Wentworth Street, Stepney, London, 20th century. Stepney was the centre of Londons Jewish community in the early 20th century

Petticoat Lane Market on Middlesex Street, London, c1920s-c1930s(?). The market, which mainly sells clothing, has its origins in the early 17th century

Scots Guards keeping guard on Sydney Street, London, 1911. The Sidney Street siege occurred after a gang of heavily armed Latvian burglars shot five police officers who attempted to arrest them as

Isambard Kingdom Brunel beside the Great Eastern, c1857. Artist: Robert Howlett
Isambard Kingdom Brunel beside the Great Eastern, c1857. Brunel (1806-1859) proposed to the Eastern Steam Navigation Company the construction of a steamship five or six times the size of any then in

Canary Wharf from Greenwich Park, London, 2009. The redevelopment of the Canary Wharf area of Londons docklands began in the 1980s

Canary Wharf, London, 2009. The redevelopment of the Canary Wharf area of Londons docklands began in the 1980s. It saw the construction of a complex of several large office blocks

Sailing barges in St Katherines Dock, London

Boats in St Katherines Dock, London

Thames barge in St Katherines Dock, London

Barge passing through St Katherines Lock, London. The entrance from the River Thames into St Katherines Dock, built by Thomas Telford in the 1820s

Boats in St Katherines Lock, London. The entrance from St Katherines Dock into the River Thames. Tower Bridge in the distance

Sugar refinery in Leman Street, Stepney, London, 1851. Artist: Vincent Brooks
Fireproof Sugar Refinery, Leman Street, Stepney, London, 1851. From Vintage London by John Betjeman. [William Collins, 1942]

Whitechapel, 1888. Artist: Joseph Swain
Whitechapel, 1888. The Whitechapel Murders were making headlines everywhere. The police were overstretched, particularly in such deprived areas

Lord Chancellor Jeffreys Taken in Wapping, 1688, (1903). George Jeffreys, 1st Baron Jeffreys, 1st Baron Jeffreys of Wem, PC (15 May 1645 - 18 April 1689), also known as The Hanging Judge

Billingsgate Market, Early Morning, 1891. Artist: William Luker
Billingsgate Market, Early Morning, 1891. Billingsgate Fish Market is located in Poplar in London. It is the United Kingdoms largest inland fish market

The Tower of London from Trinity Square, 1891. Artist: William Luker
The Tower of London from Trinity Square, 1891. The Tower of London, officially Her Majestys Royal Palace and Fortress of the Tower of London

The Tower Bridge, London, c1900. Artist: Perkins, Son & Venimore
The Tower Bridge, c1900. Tower Bridge is a combined bascule and suspension bridge in London built in 1886?1894. The bridge crosses the River Thames close to the Tower of London

The Tower of London, 1597, (1845). Artists: Gulielmus Haiward, John Gascoyne
The Tower of London, 1597, (1845). Historic castle located on the north bank of the River Thames in central London. From Old England: A Pictorial Museum of Regal, Ecclesiastical, Baronial, Municipal

Sclater Street Bird Fair on Sunday Morning, 1901. Artist: RA Shield
Sclater Street Bird Fair on Sunday Morning, 1901. From The Sunday Strand Vol. IV, [George Newnes Ltd, London, 1901]

Execution of Lord Derwentwater on Tower Hill (From an Old Print), 24 February 1716, (c1880). James Radclyffe, 3rd Earl of Derwentwater (1689-1716)

A Pirate hanged at Execution Dock, c1795. Artist: Robert Dodd
A Pirate hanged at Execution Dock, c1795. Situated on the bank of the Thames at Wapping, London, Execution Dock was a place of execution for pirates

Old Wooden Houses, Collingwood St. 1929. From Old London, A Series of 25 Willss Cigarettes cards. [W.D. & H.O. Wills, London, 1929]

Chapel of St. Peter, Tower Green, 1929. From Old London, A Series of 25 Willss Cigarettes cards. [W.D. & H.O. Wills, London, 1929]

An Old Tavern, Limehouse, 1929. From Old London, A Series of 25 Willss Cigarettes cards. [W.D. & H.O. Wills, London, 1929]

Execution of the Earl of Strafford, c1641, (1903). Artist: Wenceslaus Hollar
Execution of the Earl of Strafford, c1641, (1903). Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford (1593-1641) was Lord Deputy of Ireland from 1632 until 1639, establishing a strong authoritarian rule

The Execution of Dudley Earl of Leicester, 1859. English nobleman and close friend and suitor of Elizabeth I. Patron of the Puritan movement and a Protestant condemned to death on the scaffold

The Press-Gang: Seizing a Waterman on Tower Hill on the Morning of His Marriage, (1878). After Alexander Johnston (1815?1891)

The Sons of Edward IV Parted from their Mother, by Richard Duke of Gloucester, June 16th 1483, ( Artist: W Ridgway)
The Sons of Edward IV Parted from their Mother, by Richard Duke of Gloucester, June 16th 1483, (1878). Edward V (1470-1483) and his younger brother Richard, Duke of York (1473-1483)

The Firemen Were At The Forefront Of Danger, 1941 (1942). Firemen fighting a blaze in the East India Docks during the Blitz of World War II. From Frontline 1940-1941

The Tower Bridge, 1915, (c1900-1930). From London Post Card Album Collection [London, c1900-1920]

From Limehouse Pier, 1873, (1894). Artist: Herbert Menzies Marshall
From Limehouse Pier, 1873, (1894). From The Studio Volume 3. [London Offices of the Studio, London, 1894]

Inside Medland Hall homeless shelter, Ratcliff, London, c1900 (1901). The four penny coffin, a homeless shelter which charged its clients different amounts depending on the amenities offered

The sandpit, Victoria Park, London, c1900 (1901). Victoria Park in Londons East End opened in 1845. From Living London, Vol. 1, edited by George R. Sims

Receiving an accident case at Poplar Hospital, London, c1903 (1903).The Poplar Hospital for Accidents opened in 1858 on East India Road under the patronage of the Quaker banker

Kitchen in a single womens lodging house, Spitalfields, London, c1903 (1903). From Living London, Vol. II, by George R. Sims. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris, New York & Melbourne, 1903]

Commencing work, Osborn Street, Whitechapel, London, c1903 (1903). From Living London, Vol. III, by George R. Sims. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris, New York & Melbourne, 1903]

Chapel Royal of St Peter ad Vincula, overlooking Tower Green, London, c1737 (1904). The Chapel Royal of St Peter ad Vincula the parish church of the Tower of London

The Thames at Limehouse, c1780. Artist: Johann Ziegler
The Thames at Limehouse, c1780. After Dominic Serres (1722?1793). From Old Ship Prints by E. Keble Chatterton. [John Lane The Bodley Head Limited, London & New York, 1927]

Stepney Church, c1792. From The Environs of London, by Daniel Lysons [T. Cadell, Junior & W. Davies, , c1792.]

The Quest, in which Sir Ernest Shackleton set sail in September 1921, on what was to prove his last expedition to the Antarctic, c1922, (1935)

Thames Police (formerly called Wapping Wharf, 1859, (1903). Artist: James Abbott McNeill Whistler
Thames Police (formerly called Wapping Wharf, 1859, (1903). From The Pall Mall Magazine Volume XXXI, edited by George R. Halkett. [Editorial and Publishing Offices, London, 1903]

Limehouse, 1859, (1904). Artist: James Abbott McNeill Whistler
Limehouse, 1859, (1904). From Whistler As I Knew Him, by Mortimer Menpes. [Adam and Charles Black, London, 1904]

Jewish Synagogue, Spitalfields, 1935. Artist: William Rothenstein
Jewish Synagogue, Spitalfields, 1935. After the painting by Sir Wiliam Rothenstein. From Modern Masterpieces Part 6. [George Newnes Ltd, London, 1935]

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