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The Metropolitan Borough of Poplar was between 1899 and 1965 a Metropolitan Borough in the County Of London . Its former area became part of the London Borough Of Tower Hamlets . It bordered the metropolitan boroughs of Hackney , Stepney , and Bethnal Green to the west and north, and the county of Essex to the east. To the south, the River Thames formed borders with the metropolitan boroughs of Bermondsey , Deptford and Greenwich . It included the districts of (from north to south): In the early 1920s the Borough Council, under George Lansbury and the Poor Law Union were engaged in a dispute with the London County Council and Central Government over Poor Law rates - it wished to pay out of work people more than usually permitted; and to get wealthier West End boroughs to contribute to its expenses. Several councillors were imprisoned briefly in 1921 in relation to this. See Poplar Rates Rebellion . |