Erection date: 7/7/1973
Lord Porchester, chairman South East Planning Council, planted this tree, July 7th 1973.
It would have helped if the plaque had said what the tree was commemorating.
E8, Mare Street, Hackney Town Hall
The plaque is behind the seated lady - we couldn't very well ask her to move.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Lord Porchester tree
Racing Manager to Queen Elizabeth from 1969 until his death. A very close fr...
This 1843 picture of the tree, from the Illustrated London News comes from View from the Mirror.
These 4 plaques, each about 7" (we didn't actually measure them) are laid into the 4 corners of the metal tree-pit cover around the Ginkg...
Tilla platyphyllos (broad leaved lime) planted by The Right Hon. The Lord Mayor Sir Hugh Wontner, CVO, D.Litt. On 8 February 1974 to comm...
The modern red brick building to the right, behind the tree, houses the offices of Islington Council.
This strangely monikered garden was named for Dr William Heath Strange who, in 1882, founded the Hampstead General Hospital that went on ...
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