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Lovely post DG, that’s my lunchtime walk sorted. There’s a nice Poplar boundary plaque on the side of an old Smith Garret’s pub on Antill Road, at the junction with Selwyn Road, too. It’s halfway up the side of the building on the Antil Road corner of the junction.

froggitt | 17.03.21 - 7:14 a.m. | #

More administrative heritage! Super.

Sarah | Homepage | 17.03.21 - 7:32 a.m. | #

Indeed there is a plaque on the ex-pub two streets away. Sorry I didn't manage to shoehorn it into today's post.

diamond geezer | Homepage | 17.03.21 - 7:45 a.m. | #

DG, not one to query your research, but I grew up not far from 'Betstyle Circus' (although never knew it was called that) and it is a mighty long way from Edmonton, but right on the door step of what is now Barnet - happy to be corrected.

dg writes: Be one to query my research. Updated to Bush Hill Park, thanks.

PJS | 17.03.21 - 7:47 a.m. | #

Many of my lockdown walks go past the former Southwark, Bermondsey and Camberwell town halls. Boringly, the borough of Lambeth, where I live, didn’t change much in the reorganisation - I think it just gained a few wards from the merged Battersea and Wandsworth.

Baldassaro | 17.03.21 - 7:57 a.m. | #

Details of the locations of London's remaining Parish Boundary Markers can be found on the late Mike Horne's website here

Further information on historic London street furniture can be found on Doug Rose's website
here

Occasional responder | 17.03.21 - 8:42 a.m. | #

Love this sort of thing, thanks so much DG!

cau1khead | 17.03.21 - 9:24 a.m. | #

Point of administrative heritage pedantry. Bromley was formed from only two boroughs (Beckenham and Bromley). The other constituent parts were the Urban Districts of Penge and Orpington and part of the UD of Chislehurst and Sidcup.

Malden & Coombe was also an Urban District as were many of the constituent parts of Barnet and Hillingdon.

Richard Thomas | 17.03.21 - 10:11 a.m. | #

Judging by your reluctance to chance a discreet snap i suspect you would have been a damp squib in counter surveillance.

Milo | 17.03.21 - 10:14 a.m. | #

I am puzzled why, several times, DG feels he "dare" not take a photo until
someone has moved out of view.
Just take the photo, DG, it is not a crime and adds a scrap of 'life' to the scene.

pierre | 17.03.21 - 10:14 a.m. | #

Fascinating stuff.
Looking at the house in the 2nd photo I thought it looked like a prime candidate to become a Corner Shop so felt smug when I scrolled down to see that the house opposite had done just that!

Interesting that you say it's been turned back into a house again!

Cornish Cockney | 17.03.21 - 10:32 a.m. | #

32 !

32 Boroughs and the City of London.

IsarSteve | Homepage | 17.03.21 - 11:34 a.m. | #

Hurrah, I'm now another reader who has had DG reveal interesting things about places on their doorstep. Thank you.

The school children were most likely trooping off to Olga Primary School.

I only realised Poplar used to stretch so far north when looking up Cub/Scout groups. The nearest one to here is the 23rd Poplar based off St Stephen's Rd, north of Roman Rd.

The walk/cycle direction sign featured in your pics makes me grrr every time I glance up at it. It's a relatively new replacement and Bethnal is spelt Bethnel and it's pointing in the opposite direction to where it should be...

O | 17.03.21 - 11:44 a.m. | #

The boroughs of Richmond, Barnes and Wandsworth met inside Richmond Park until 1965. Since 1995 the whole park has been in Richmond.

Sprout Eater | 17.03.21 - 12:54 p.m. | #

Also

28! 28 metropolitan boroughs in the County of London, plus the City of London!

Also

» Lyal Road used to be Lyall Road.
» The triple point was once further north on Roman Road.
» Marble Arch and Tesco aren't the precise points where Westminster and Southwark merged.
» Bexley also contained at least one former Urban District.
» The building in Viking Close has three boundary plaques not two.
» There's another Poplar boundary plaque at the western end of Bow Road.
» The 'Poplar' photograph looks better without a delivery van in it.
» The 'Bethnal Green' woman did not want to be in a photo.

Sorry.

diamond geezer | Homepage | 17.03.21 - 2:20 p.m. | #

DG: I should have known that you already knew about the boundary sign. Of course you did, you’re out encyclopaedia! I’m also anticipating that E3 locals will see a surge in visitors to the surrounding roads on the back of today’s blog.

Froggitt again | 17.03.21 - 3:52 p.m. | #

I live in London Borough of Hillingdon, within a mile from the borders of both Bucks and Herts. The Mayors office called today to ask some survey questions about my experience of life in London. Among the topics were the impact of gun and knife crime and policing in my area. We are so far from London it seems ridiculous to be taking part in surveys such as this. They need to reverse their greater London plan and put us back where we belong - Middlesex!

Johnny Campbell | 17.03.21 - 8:01 p.m. | #

(head in hands emoji)

diamond geezer | Homepage | 17.03.21 - 8:03 p.m. | #

Thanks for the laugh, DG!

Great Aunt Annie | 17.03.21 - 8:45 p.m. | #











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