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Metropolitan Borough of Bethnal Green

Bethnal Green was formed as a civil parish from the Bethnal Green hamlet in Stepney ancient parish. 1889 it became part of the County of London. 1900 it became a metropolitan borough. 1965 it was abolished and merged into the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. See Simon de Montfort for an explanation of the image.

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This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Metropolitan Borough of Bethnal Green

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Bethnal Green Library war memorial

On our first visit there was no plaque, but the 'ghost' marks on the plinth s...

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Bethnal Green Town Hall

Borough of Bethnal Green This stone was laid Sept. 23rd 1909 by the Mayor A. ...

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Burnham Estate

Metropolitan Borough of Bethnal Green, Burnham Estate This stone was laid by ...

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Diss Street re-housing scheme

Metropolitan Borough of Bethnal Green Diss Street Re-housing Scheme This comm...

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Lenin Estate / Parmiter Street Housing

Metropolitan Borough of Bethnal Green Parmiter Street Re-housing Scheme This ...

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Ellen Wilkinson

Ellen Wilkinson

NUWSS in Manchester, Labour MP for Jarrow. As Jarrow MP she played a prominent role in the 1936 Jarrow March. Minister of Education from July 1945 until her death. Born Manchester. Had a close per...

Person, Gender Issues, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
J. T. Hobney

J. T. Hobney

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

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Francisco Ferrer

Francisco Ferrer

Catalan free-thinker and anarchist.  Born near Barcelona.  Executed for armed rebellion in Barcelona.

Person, Politics & Administration, Spain

1 memorial
Ian Stuart

Ian Stuart

Musician, leading skinhead, far right-wing fund-raiser.  Born Ian Stuart Donaldson in Lancashire. Singer of white power rock band Skrewdriver and co-founder of Blood and Honour, a very successful n...

Person, Music / songs, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Lord Carlingford

Lord Carlingford

Born Glyde, County Louth, Ireland as Chichester Samuel Parkinson-Fortescue. Elected to parliament as a liberal in 1847 and rose to prominence under Gladstone, but fell from grace over the question ...

Person, Politics & Administration, France, Ireland

1 memorial

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Royal National Institute for the Deaf

Royal National Institute for the Deaf

WC1, Gower Street, 105

This building was opened as the headquarters of the National Institute for the Deaf by His Majesty King George VI when HRH the Duke of Yo...

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator