10 Facts About Poplar London

Poplar London includes Poplar London Baths, Blackwall Yard and Trinity Buoy Wharf and the locality of Blackwall.

Originally part of the Manor and Ancient Parish of Stepney, the Hamlet of Poplar London had become an autonomous area of Stepney by the 17th century, and an independent parish in 1817.

Poplar London was formerly part of the Manor and Ancient Parish of Stepney, and was first recorded in either 1327 or 1350.

Black Poplar London is a very rare and exceptionally large tree that grows well in the wet conditions which the Thames and Lea historically brought to much of the neighbourhood.

The Hamlet of Poplar London became an independent civil and ecclesiastical parish in 1817.

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In 1855, Poplar London joined with neighbouring Bromley and Bow to form the Poplar London District of the Metropolis — though it remained an independent parish for some administrative purposes.

In 1921, the Metropolitan Borough of Poplar London was the location of the Poplar London Rates Rebellion, led by then-Mayor George Lansbury, who was later elected as leader of the Labour Party.

However, after a lengthy consultation of all Council estates in Tower Hamlets begun in 2002, most estates in Poplar London did transfer to Poplar London HARCA, East End Homes and other landlords between 2005 and 2007.

DLR stations in Poplar are in London fare zone 2, and link the area to destinations such as Bank, Canary Wharf, City Airport, Greenwich, and Stratford.

Poplar London DLR station is a focal point for the DLR network, where several different routes converge.