Walthamstow was a local government district 1894 -1965 when it combined with Chingford and Leyton to form Waltham Forest.
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Borough of Walthamstow
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Bearman's Department Store
Bearmans Department Store. On this site stood 'Bearmans of Leytonstone' depar...
Old Watch House - E17
Here stood the Old Watch House or “Cage”, erected in 1765, removed in 1912. B...
William Morris and Edward Lloyd
William Morris, 1834 - 1896, lived here, 1848 - 1856. Edward Lloyd, publisher...
William Morris - birthplace
Directly opposite stood Elm House (demolished in 1898) in extensive grounds t...
Other Subjects
1 memorial
Henry Reader Williams
JP, chairman of the Hornsey School and Hornsey Local Board. Active in the Poor Schools movement, he was an early campaigner for the education and welfare of children. He also led the campaign to ...
2 memorials
R.A. Robinson
Justice of the Peace and Chairman of the Improvements Committee for the Rotherhithe Tunnel in 1908.
2 memorials
H. N. B. Spink
A Commissioner for the 1892 Westminster Public Library. The plaque gives him "M.L.S.B." after his name but we don't recognise the qualification.
2 memorials
John Dickinson
Worked for the Royal Arsenal Co-operative Society. Was on the building committee for the Abbey Wood branch in 1912.
1 memorial
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Poplar Borough Council
In 1855, Poplar joined with neighbouring Bromley and Bow to form the Poplar District of the Metropolis. This became the Metropolitan Borough of Poplar in 1900. In 1965 it merged with the Metropolit...
3 memorials
Greater London Council
Replaced the LCC. The GLC was abolished, some say, because Mrs Thatcher could not abide its left-wing politics, nor its leader, Ken Livingstone. On its 50th anniversary Diamond Geezer posted a goo...
241 memorials
Jean Charles de Menezes
Born Brazil. Electrician. Shot dead in a tube carriage by counter-terrorist police officers hunting for would-be suicide bombers who had attempted to attack the London transport system the day be...
1 memorial
Jonathan’s Coffee House
Founded by Jonathan Miles in Exchange Alley around 1680. In 1698 John Castaing posted a list of prices for stocks and commodities. And so traders who were expelled from the Royal Exchange used Jona...
1 memorial
Fireman Peter Brian O’Connell Hutchins
Called to attend a fire in a restaurant in the King’s Road, Chelsea, he entered the building in breathing apparatus, along with his colleague Fireman Colin Comber, to locate the seat of the fire. O...
1 memorial
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