Erection date: 10/11/2018
Joseph Beck, 1828 - 1891, Chairman of the Clissold Park Preservation Committee who spearheaded the campaign (1886 - 8) to save Clissold Park from development, lived in Barton House which stood on this site.
London Borough of Hackney
N16, Albion Road, 233
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Joseph Beck at Barton House
The house is said (Hackney Gazette) to have been named for Joseph Beck's gran...
Saving Clissold Park have some lovely old photos of this man but they have es...
Built as Paradise House, or Newington Park House, in the late 1700s for Jonat...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Joseph Beck at Barton House
Hackney Council was created in 1965 from the 3 Metropolitan Borough Councils ...
The Independent reported the unveiling. We thank our colleague Alan Patient for these photos.
The plaque can be seen in our photo, at the top of the wall, above the black car. The house was lost in 1959/60 when the bridge was raise...
Thomas Cubitt, 1788 - 1855, master builder, lived here. London County CouncilÂ
While almost devoid of decorative elements this plaque is extremely legible and long-lasting with lettering that is a pleasure to read (n...
The Artist Rifles was formed here at the studio of Henry Wyndham Phillips, 1860.
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