Governing body of the London Borough of Ealing, Formed in 1965 by the merging of the Municipal Boroughs of Acton, Ealing and Southall.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
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Ealing Council
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Walpole Park - opened
Walpole Park Opened for the use of the public, 1st May 1901 by the Rt. Hon. L...
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Adam Faith
Adam Faith (Terry Nelhams), 1940 - 2003, singer & actor born in a house o...
Doctor Edith Whetnall
Dr Edith Whetnall FRCS, 1910 - 1965, consultant audiologist who pioneered the...
Ealing memorial gates - WW1 + WW2
The quotation comes from 'Ode Recited at the Harvard Commemoration, July 21, ...
Eric Ravilious - W3
Eric Ravilious, 1903 - 1942, artist, designer and illustrator, was born and l...
Hanwell Clock Tower
This clock was erected by the citizens of Ealing to commemorate the coronatio...
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William Huskisson
Huskisson is famous for being the victim of the first fatal railway accident (not quite true), being run over by the train known as Stevenson's Rocket, at the opening ceremony of the Manchester to ...
2 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
Francis Bennoch
On the Executive Committee for the 1851 Great Exhibition Memorial.
1 memorial
Rev. R. Henley
Administrator of the Putney Pest House Charity, 1862. Listed as "The Hon. and Revd. R. Henley - Incumbent" on the Pest House plaque. Vicar of St Mary's Putney in 1886.
2 memorials
C. Alan Palmer
Corps Officer in the St John Ambulance Brigade, Metropolitan Corps, 1887-1895, 1915-1921. Serving Brother in the Order of St John.
Person, Emergency Services, Medicine, Politics & Administration
1 memorial
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Sir Henry Cole
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Irish Heritage
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1 memorial
Queen Adelaide
As the wife of King William IV, Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen was our queen and Queen of Hanover, 1830-7. She was married in 1818 and in 1819 the royal household moved from Germany to England and use...
3 memorials
Howard Staunton
British World Chess Champion. Promoted the use of standardised chess pieces, the ones still in use today. Saw the international nature of the 1851 Great Exhibition as an opportunity and organised t...
1 memorial
English Heritage
English Heritage (officially the English Heritage Trust) is a charity that manages over 400 historic monuments, buildings and places. These include prehistoric sites, medieval castles, Roman forts,...
415 memorials
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