Group    From 1894  To 1965

Borough of Walthamstow

Walthamstow was a  local government district 1894 -1965 when it combined with Chingford and Leyton to form Waltham Forest.

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This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Borough of Walthamstow

Creations i

Bearman's Department Store

Bearmans Department Store. On this site stood 'Bearmans of Leytonstone' depar...

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Old Watch House - E17

Here stood the Old Watch House or “Cage”, erected in 1765, removed in 1912. B...

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William Morris and Edward Lloyd

William Morris, 1834 - 1896, lived here, 1848 - 1856. Edward Lloyd, publisher...

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William Morris - birthplace

Directly opposite stood Elm House (demolished in 1898) in extensive grounds t...

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Other Subjects

Lord Louis Mountbatten

Lord Louis Mountbatten

Admiral of the Fleet. 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma. Grandson of Queen Victoria and uncle of Prince Philip. Born Frogmore House, Windsor and known by family and friends as Dickie. His wife's, Edwi...

Person, Armed Forces, Politics & Administration, Tragedy, Burma, Germany, India, Ireland, Pakistan

5 memorials
Ba Jin

Ba Jin

Author and political activist. Born China as Li Yaotang.  Ba Jin was his pen name.  Learnt and advocated Esperanto. Spent 1927-8 in France. Returned to Shanghai. From 1983 suffered with Parkinson's...

Person, Politics & Administration, China/Hong Kong

1 memorial
N. S. Hamburger

N. S. Hamburger

District Officer in the St John Ambulance Brigade, No. 1 District Metropolitan Corps, 1899-1931. Donat in the Order of St John. Donat was a title awarded in recognition of contributions to the fund...

Person, Emergency Services, Medicine, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Commander Alan Westbury Preston

Commander Alan Westbury Preston

Warden of the Carpenters Company in 1956. Andrew Behan has researched this man: Commander Alan Westbury Preston was born on 11 July 1898 in Wedderburn House, Wedderburn Road, Hampstead, the son of...

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial