Leyton Town Hall
Grade II listed building, designed by John Johnson in a rich eclectic style after a competition involving over thirty entries.
Erected 1894 - 6 to replace the original public offices, now Leyton Library.
Waltham Forest Heritage
E10, High Road Leyton, 275, Leyton Technical
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Leyton Town Hall
There are two adjacent buildings on High Road Leyton, both of which have serv...
Architect. Born Hoxton. Our information comes from the Victorian Web which na...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Leyton Town Hall
Formed in 1965 from the joining of Chingford, Leyton and Walthamstow.
We wonder if erecting this plaque was part of the deal for De La Rue getting Tonga's currency printing business.
Queen Victoria once rested at the Fox and Crown after her horses had bolted down the hill and she had had rather a shock. The landlord, ...
The Freemasons commissioned this memorial to mark the 300th anniversary of The United Grand Lodge of England in 2017 and the centenary of...
Victorian London has a wonderful contemporary description of the ice pit. In 1895 this Gatti ice house was taken over by a toy manufactur...
Architect responsible for the Great Exhibition, 1851. Born Milton Bryan, Bedfordshire. The Crystal Palace Company gave him, free of rent, Rockhills, a Regency house to the north of the Crystal Pala...
William Blake was born on 23rd November 1757 in a house which stood on this site.
There is sheet music dated 1873 for a song "True for ever" with words and music by Lady John Manners and Virginia Gabriel. Could this be the same LJM who opened our garden? We hope so.
Contact lens manufacturers. Founded by David Cantor. Acquired Nissel Limited in August 2000.
None of these four plaques are visible in our photo (and still this was the best position form which to take the photo!) all being hidden...
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