Bethnal Green: Ion Square Gardens

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Bethnal Green: Ion Square Gardens

Image: © Dr Neil Clifton Taken: 19 Feb 2010

Here we are in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, (formerly this was the Metropolitan Borough of Bethnal Green). I would be very interested to know why this square was so named, (Greek: ion = a wanderer).

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Image Location

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Latitude
51.530312
Longitude
-0.065712