Battersea Town Hall

Battersea Town Hall

A Grade II* listed building, designed in 1891 by E. W. Mountford (1855 - 1908) opened in 1893 as Battersea Town Hall. Sculptural work by Horace and Paul Montford. In 1965 Battersea and Wandsworth a...

Building, Politics & Administration

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Battersea Vestry and the Borough of Battersea

Battersea Vestry and the Borough of Battersea

In 1899 the Battersea Vestry became the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea. In 1965 this merged with the Metropolitan Borough of Wandsworth to form the London Borough of Wandsworth.

Group, Politics & Administration

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G. Bayley

G. Bayley

Member of the Building Committee to build the 1909 Bethnal Green Town Hall.

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Samuel Baylis

Samuel Baylis

Lived on Whitecross Street and was a founder of the Radical Club.

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Thomas Godfrey Baynes

Thomas Godfrey Baynes

Clerk to Bexley Urban District Council. Thomas Godfrey Baynes was born on 15 August 1865 in Milton, Kent. He was the second of the six children of Thomas Clarke Baynes (1836-1903) and Elizabeth Su...

Person, Law, Politics & Administration

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Sir Thomas Bazley

Sir Thomas Bazley

One of the Commissioners for the Great Exhibition, 1851. First baronet. Manufacturer in cotton spinning industry and politician. Born Gilnow, hear Bolton, Lancashire. Died at his summer home, Riv...

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
P. E. Beachcroft

P. E. Beachcroft

Chairman of Jahncke Ltd in 1912.

Person, Politics & Administration

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Councillor A. R. Bean

Councillor A. R. Bean

Councillor and member of Housing Committee, Parmiter Street, 1926. Councillor and on the Bethnal Green Baths Committee in 1926. Councillor on the Bethnal Green Housing Committee in 1937.

Person, Politics & Administration

2 memorials
Charles Beauclerk, Duke of St Albans

Charles Beauclerk, Duke of St Albans

Illegitimate son of Nell Gwynne and Charles II.  Born at his mother's house in Lincoln's Inn Fields.  Served the monarch as a soldier in a number of battles.  Died at Bath. 

Person, Armed Forces, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Henry Benjamin Hanbury Beaufoy

Henry Benjamin Hanbury Beaufoy

Vinegar factory owner, philanthropist and politician. MP for Hackney. Born Switzerland. The family's brewery (first gin and then vinegar) was at Cuper's Gardens, Lambeth - demolished when Waterloo ...

Person, Food & Drink, Philanthropy, Politics & Administration, Switzerland

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