Tower Hamlets
Proper noun
Meaning
Tower Hamlets (after the Tower of London)
A London borough in the East End, Greater London.
Examples
Brick Lane in the East London Borough of Tower Hamlets is famous for its many curry houses.
Neighbouring Redbridge is on 278, Tower Hamlets on 268 and Barking and Dagenham on 246. Bexley, in south-east London, is on 282 and Ealing in west London is on 268.
In Tower Hamlets, where it once had considerable support boosted by Beackon's Millwall victory, its average share of the poll slumped by almost half.
Bengali folk music promoters RadhaRaman Society kick off the festival in partnership with Tower Hamlets at Poplar Union on Saturday, April 28.
Former mayor of Tower Hamlets, Lutfur Rahman, was found guilty of election fraud in April 2015 after being accused of making promises of housing to certain parts of the community in return for their votes.
Last week’s election of John Biggs as Mayor in Tower Hamlets starts a new chapter in our politics.