Former outer London borough. It included Plaistow, West Ham, Stratford, Canning Town, Silvertown and the current Borough of Newham west of Green Street. It was amalgamated with other areas to form the London Borough of Newham.
The photo shows the proud 37 members of the first West Ham Borough Council, 1886-7.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
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County Borough of West Ham
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County Borough of West Ham
The composer of this plaque has been very mean with first names and initials.
Town Hall Extension, 1885. George Rivett, Esq., Chairman of the Local Board. ...
Grew up in Wapping. A spokesman for the Levellers and a colonel in the New Model Army. Killed by a Royalist raiding party during the siege of Pontefract. The Levellers arranged for his funeral, ...
We guess this was a short-lived organisation, created to manage the funds raised to erect the plaque, probably in 1913.
Led the government of the under-age King Edward VI 1550-3, and on his death unsuccessfully attempted to install Lady Jane Grey and her husband (his son) Lord Guilford Dudley on the throne. Execute...
A department of the government of the UK. From Victoria Cross commemorative paving stones: "In August 2013, the UK government announced a campaign to honour Victoria Cross recipients from the First...
Politician. He worked as a bank clerk before joining the Labour Party. Served as Mayor of Lewisham in 1977/78. Became an M.P. in 1992 and lost his seat in 2019.
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