Erection date: 9/5/1964
{The top plaque:}
These flats erected for the Stoke Newington Borough Council were opened by Baroness Gaitskell of Egremont on the 9th May 1964.
{The lower plaque:}
They were refurbished for the London Borough of Hackney and reopened by her daughter Julia McNeal on 18th August 1997.
N16, Stamford Hill
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesof london.co.uk
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Hugh Gaitskell House
Statesman. Born London. Labour MP and leader of the party from 1955 until his...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Hugh Gaitskell House
Hackney Council was created in 1965 from the 3 Metropolitan Borough Councils ...
Formed from the Vestry of Stoke Newington Parish in the County of London, and...
Politician. Born Dora Creditor near Riga, Latvia, and known as Anna. Her fami...
Elder daughter of Hugh and Dora Gaitskell. NPG have a photo of the family wit...
The Hackney Society has done a thorough job researching the history of this building, with lots of pictures. A brief summary: Built abo...
The poet and statesman, John Milton, was born 1608 in Bread Street. City of London
Ludwig Wittgenstein, 1889 - 1951, pre-eminent Viennese philosopher & mathematician, worked incognito at Guy's Hospital pharmacy as dr...
The plaques read left to right chronological by birth date. We've taken the dates on each plaque to be date of birth and date of death bu...
Sir Alan Cobham, 1894 - 1973, aviator, was born here. English Heritage
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