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Islington Council

The Islington Book of Remembrance is an impressive undertaking: the database has a list of memorials in Islington. There are also lists of Conflict / Event / Incident, each with an associated list of those killed.

 

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This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Islington Council

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London & Manchester Ass Co - Arlington Square

Arlington Square and Union Square hold two identical octagonal bird baths. T...

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London & Manchester Ass Co - Union Square

{Around the outside rim of the basin:} This garden was presented by the Lond...

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This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Islington Council

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African National Congress

London Borough of Islington London headquarters of the African National Cong...

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Alexander McQueen

Lee Alexander McQueen, 1969 - 2010, fashion designer, lived here from 2001 - ...

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Andrea Levy

Andrea Levy, 1956 - 2019, novelist and chronicler of the British Caribbean ex...

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Anne Frank tree - N5

This tree was cultivated from the original white horse chestnut tree that Ann...

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Archway Toll Gate

The plaque is under the ground floor window.

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Other Subjects

Councillor Joe Vaughan

Councillor Joe Vaughan

Born Joseph James Vaughan in East London. Started work, aged 8, while still at school. As an electrician he entered into trade union politics and as a left-wing Labour supporter became a councillor...

Person, Politics & Administration

3 memorials
Raymond Denham Poland

Raymond Denham Poland

Master of the Worshipful Company of Skinners. Andrew Behan has researched Poland, using Find A Grave, but taking his date of birth from the Civil Registration of Births Index: Raymond Denham Polan...

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
L. C. Parkes

L. C. Parkes

Louis Coltman Parkes. A medical doctor. Medical Officer of Health for Chelsea in 1909. Authored a good number of medical books - held by the Wellcome Collection.  Obituary in the BMJ 31 October 19...

Person, Medicine, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Thomas Wilson

Thomas Wilson

Churchwarden at St Giles Church in 1865.

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Jonathan Geach Tinner

Jonathan Geach Tinner

Co-churchwarden of St Jude's in 1911. Jonathan Geach Tinner was born in 1847 in Tywardreath, Cornwall, the second of the three children of Richard Tinner (1806-1891) and Mary Ann Tinner née Blowey...

Person, Education, Politics & Administration

1 memorial

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Temple Bar memorial - Victoria

Temple Bar memorial - Victoria

EC4, Fleet Street

The south side is the most weathered and sullied by traffic fumes which explains the poor condition of the marble statue of Queen Victori...

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
National Portrait Gallery - Van Dyck

National Portrait Gallery - Van Dyck

WC2, Charing Cross Road

This building, 1896, designed by Ewan Christian, has 18 busts contained in medallions around the top of the facades. Starting at the east...

1 subject commemorated
Sir Michael Balcon

Sir Michael Balcon

Born Birmingham. Film producer. Worked at Gainsborough Film Studios.  Went on to run Ealing Studios from 1938-56.  His daughter married Cecil Day Lewis. Died East Sussex. The National Portrait Gal...

Person, Cinema

3 memorials
Antonio Canaletto

Antonio Canaletto

Venetian painter.  When the supply of Grand Tourists coming to Venice and buying his paintings dried up due to war, Canaletto decided to come to England.  He arrived in 1746 and stayed until 1755, ...

Person, Art, Seriously Famous, Italy

4 memorials
Francis Bourgeois

Francis Bourgeois

Artist. Born Peter Francis Lewis Bourgeois in London. He became an art dealer and collector in association with Margaret and Noel Desenfans, and with them founded the Dulwich Picture Gallery. In 17...

Person, Art

1 memorial