Limehouse History Night 2022

The LCF is proud to host the annual Limehouse History Night at St Anne's church on Sunday November 27th starting at 7:30pm. If you're new to our community, a longtime resident or just a friend, this is a great event to meet and chat with your neighbors, while learning about the role that our community has played in history. In this talk Professor Alastair Owens and Livonia Ayugi-Okello from Queen Mary University of London will share the findings of their recent research on some of the remarkable individuals buried in St Anne’s crypt and churchyard. In the second half of the evening, Alastair will also present his work on the archaeology of poor households in mid nineteenth-century Limehouse, providing fresh insights in what it was like to live in dockside Victorian London.

Alastair Owens is a professor at Queen Mary Universityand President of The Geographical Association, as a well respected…