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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

Creations i

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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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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Rogers Estate

The bronze of the plaque is so dulled that it does not photo well, all except...

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Swinburne House

Apart from the architect the names on this plaque are the same as those on th...

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Other Subjects

William Howard

William Howard

Co-church warden of St Peters Cheap in 1687.

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
David Lammy

David Lammy

Politician. Member of Parliament  for Tottenham from 2000. In 2002, he became parliamentary Under-Secretary in the Department of Health.

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Capt. G. Gerhold

Capt. G. Gerhold

District Officer in the St John Ambulance Brigade, No. 1 District, 1912-1927. Commander in the Order of St John.

Person, Emergency Services, Medicine, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Second Congress of the Communist League

Second Congress of the Communist League

At this meeting Karl Marx (attending as delegate of the Brussels Circle) and Frederick Engels (representing the Paris communities) were commissioned to write an action programme for the Communist L...

Group, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Battle of Cable Street

Battle of Cable Street

Mosley planned to march thousands of his British Union of Fascists through the East End of London, an area where many Jews lived. This attracted a lot of opposition which prompted the police to pro...

Event, Politics & Administration

3 memorials