Created in 1965 by the amalgamation of three former boroughs: Hornsey, Wood Green and Tottenham.
2007 - 10, Haringey Council ran its own historic plaques scheme to commemorate notable or famous local former residents.
Spelling: on creation this council chose the spelling Haringey, but it is not universally adopted by any means, and in the records Harringay is frequently used. We are as confused as anyone.
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
London Borough of Haringey
Bernie Grant 1944 - 2000, trade unionist, council leader, member of parliamen...
Yes, there are two different (but correct) spellings of the name of the borou...
We've transcribed this inscription correctly and, being the pedants that we a...
David Greig, 1865 - 1952, founder of the chain of grocers and Hornsey schools...
Note this motto "friendship of the English speaking peoples" is also carved above the ornate portico of this building, to the east of this plaque. Bush House was built by Irving T. Bush of the Bush...
We thank Jay Dae-Su Vega for permission to use this picture from his website where we learn that Holland was a barrister. Thence we found the Middle Temple register of admissions where we learn tha...
Councillor and Mayor of Kensington and Chelsea, 2003 - 2004.
William Rea Edwards was Superintendent Secretary in the St John Ambulance Brigade, Metropolitan Corps, 1892-1900. Knight Grace in the Order of St John. Inver Museum has a photo of a Rea-Edwards mo...
Person, Emergency Services, Medicine, Politics & Administration
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