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Title
Saint Margaret Plaque
Date
1929
Medium
stone
Accession number
E2_AM_S650
Acquisition method
commissioned by the Bethnal Green and East London Housing Association Limited
Work type
Relief
Owner
Tower Hamlets London Borough Council
Custodian
Tower Hamlets London Borough Council
Work status
extant
Access
at all times
Inscription description
inscribed on the relief panel: 1929 / THE BETHNAL GREEN / AND EAST LONDON / HOUSING ASSOCIATION / LIMITED; inscribed on the foundation stone underneath: THIS FOUNDATION STONE WAS LAID BY / THE RT. HON. NEVILLE CHAMBERLAIN / HIS MAJESTY'S MINISTER OF HEALTH / ON BEHALF OF THE BETHNAL GREEN / HOUSING ASSOCIATION ON APRIL 16 1929 / Except the Lord build the house their / Labour is but lost that build it.