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
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
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.
The round plaque is laid in the ground, land-side of the monument. London Screen Archives have a film, made by the London Borough of Sou...
These flats were completed in 1906 and Zimmern was one of the first residents to move in.
This plaque, spotted by our colleague Alan Patient, was erected in 2012, sometime between our first visit in January and Alan's visit in ...
Note how close Lyons's home was to the massive Cadby Hall Lyons head-office and factory; and also to Olympia - one of the venues where Ly...
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