BETHNAL GREEN

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BETHNAL GREEN , an eastern metropolitan borough of London, England, bounded N. by Hackney, E. by Poplar, S. by Stepney and W. by Shoreditch. Pop. (1901) 129',680. It is a

district

DISTRICT

of poor houses, forming part of the area commonly known as the "

East

EAST
EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

End." The working population is employed in the making of match-boxes, boot-making, cabinet-makingand other

industries

INDUSTRIES

; but was formerly largely devoted to silk-weaving, which spread over the

district

DISTRICT

from its centre in

Spitalfields

SPITALFIELDS

(see STEPNEY). This industry is still maintained. The Bethnal Green museum was opened in 1872. It contains exhibits of food and animal products, formerly at

South

SOUTH
SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

Kensington, entomological collections, &c.; and various

loan

LOAN (adapted from the Scandinavian form of a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Swed. Mn, Icel. lan, Dut. leen; the O.E. laen appears in " lend," the ultimate source is seen in the root of Gr. Xeiaecv and Lat. linquere, to leave)

exhibitions are held from time to time. The Museum also housed the Wallace collection until the opening of Hertford

House

HOUSE
HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in
Gothic
- GOTHIC
it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

, and the pictures now in the National Portrait Gallery. It stands in public gar-dens; there are several other small open spaces; and some 7o out of the 217 acres of Victoria Park are within the borough. Close by the park there stood, until the 19th century, a

house

HOUSE
HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in
Gothic
- GOTHIC
it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

believed to have belonged to the notorious Bishop Bonner, the persecutor of Protestants in the reign of Mary; his name is still attached to a street here. Among institutions are the missionary

settlement

SETTLEMENT
SETTLEMENT, ACT OF

of the Oxford House, founded in 1884, with its women's branch, St Margaret's House; the North-Eastern

hospital

for children, the Craft school and the Leather Trade school. The parliamentary borough of Bethnal Green has two divisions, each returning one member. The borough council consists of a mayor, 5 aldermen and 30 councillors. Area 759.3 acres.

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