Grave marker for 15 infants from Upper North Street School (Poplar) in the East London Cemetery is a Grade II listed building in the Newham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 November 2017. Grave marker.
Grave marker for 15 infants from Upper North Street School (Poplar) in the East London Cemetery
- WRENN ID
- gentle-gargoyle-reed
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Newham
- Constituency
- West Ham and Beckton MP: James Asser (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 November 2017
- Type
- Grave marker
- Address
- Grave marker for 15 infants from Upper North Street School (Poplar) in the East London Cemetery, Grange Road, Plaistow, E13 0DR
- OS grid reference
- TQ 400 828
- Coordinates
- 51.52698, 0.01688
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The grave marker for 15 infants from Upper North Street School in Poplar is located in the East London Cemetery. This large memorial is made of marble and designed to resemble a rugged stone outcrop. The front features a carved scroll adorned with ivy fronds at the bottom. The scroll displays the main dedicatory inscription, which reads: "THIS MEMORIAL IS ERECTED/ TO THE MEMORY OF/ THE CHILDREN INTERRED HERE WHO LOST/ THEIR LIVES AT NORTH ST SCHOOL POPLAR/ DURING THE HOSTILE AIR RAID/ ON JUNE 13TH 1917/ (NAMES)." The names of the children, along with their ages, are listed in alphabetical order.
The marker is set on a three-stepped plinth, with an additional inscription on the front face of the upper step that states: "I SAY UNTO YOU, IN HEAVEN THEIR ANGELS DO ALWAYS/ BEHOLD THE FACE OF MY FATHER WHICH IS IN HEAVEN./ ST MATT.XVIII.10." The plot is enclosed by a stone kerb featuring pyramidal posts.
Local climate
Grave marker for 15 infants from Upper North Street School (Poplar) in the East London Cemetery sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 99% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 52% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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