Architecture
Custom House Library
Custom House Carnegie Library, presented by Andrew Carnegie Esq, opened by J. Passmore Edwards, Esq., on Thursday July 20th,1905. Photo taken in 2005.
Custom House Library Entance
Custom House Carnegie Library, presented by Andrew Carnegie Esq, opened by J. Passmore Edwards, Esq., on Thursday July 20th,1905. Photo taken in 2005.
Custom House Library - plaque
Custom House Carnegie Library, presented by Andrew Carnegie Esq, opened by J. Passmore Edwards, Esq., on Thursday July 20th,1905.
Fountain and clock at Forest Gate.
Fountain & clock in the snow at the Broadway, Forest Gate. c1908. The drinking fountain with clock at Forest Gate is a local landmark. The fountain was donated to Forest Gate by Archibald Cameron Corbett MP, the developer of the Woodgrange Estate, which was completed in 1892.
Boleyn Castle.
Boleyn Castle & Norman Hopper premises, Green Street. c1900. There is the tale that the tower was built for Anne Boleyn by her royal lover, Henry V111., It was pulled down in 1955.
Beaconsfield Street
Looking down Beaconsfield Street towards Winsor School, February 1971. New Beckton Baptist Church, which was made of corrugated iron, can be seen beyond the pre-fabs.
Photo: Newham Heritage & Archives
Angel Cottage, Windmill Lane. 1985
Built in 1826 with 19th century addition to rear. This Grade II listed house was illegally demolished by it's owners in 2008.
Photo: Newham Heritage & Archives
