List of people from the London Borough of Tower Hamlets

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This is a list of notable people associated with the London Borough of Tower Hamlets in London, England.

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mile End</span> Area in the East End of London, England

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Mulberry Academy Shoreditch Academy in London, England

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Roman Road, London</span> Street in London, England

Roman Road is a road in East London, England, in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets entirely on the B119 on the B roads network. It lies on the old Roman Pye Road of the Roman Empire running from the capital of the Iceni at Venta Icenorum to Londinium and today hosts a street market. Beginning in Old Ford at its eastern end, it passes into Bethnal Green to its western end.

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