Leyton Library
Grade II listed building, designed by John Knight in an Italianate style and opened in 1882 as Leyton Town Hall . Outgrown by 1892 and replaced by the new town hall alongside. Later adapted to serve as a public library.
Waltham Forest Heritage
E10, High Road Leyton, 273
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of plaquesoflondon.co.uk
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Leyton Library
Designed by John Knight, this originally opened as Leyton Town Hall. It was o...
Architect. We only have some ideas about who this might be, from Charles Saum...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Leyton Library
Formed in 1965 from the joining of Chingford, Leyton and Walthamstow.
Here's the video of the unveiling timed to commemorate 65 years of LEO. We believe the computer work took place in Kaevener House, on the...
It seems strange that the Dean of Armagh, based in Armagh, Ireland should be residing in what would then have been a village to the north...
Sir William Rothenstein, 1872 - 1945, painter and writer, lived here 1899 - 1902. English Heritage
L.C.C. 1911 Michael William Balfe (1808 - 1870), musical composer, lived here.
Unusually, at this site, there are three plaques commemorating the same event.
British Pathe News has film of the Queen Mum's visit including shots inside a flat.
Written by Kenneth Grahame, much of it based on a series of letters to he wrote to his son. First published October 1908.
