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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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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

Sir Robert Bellinger

Sir Robert Bellinger

Lord Mayor in 1967.  Born Gloucestershire but brought up in Fulham.  Left school aged 14 to work hard and go to college in the evenings.   In the picture we think Bellinger is the man with the spade.

Person, Lord Mayor, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Alfred Wright

Alfred Wright

A Commissioner for the 1892 Westminster Public Library.

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
M Digby Wyatt

M Digby Wyatt

Secretary to the Executive Committee for the Great Exhibition 1851.Architect and writer on art. Born near Devizes, Wiltshire. Died Dimlands Castle, Glamorgan.

Person, Architecture, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Robert Maxwell

Robert Maxwell

Publisher, politician and swindler. Born Ján Ludvík Hyman Binyamin Hoch, in Slatinské Doly (now Solotyino, Ukraine). He came to Britain after WW2 where he built up the Pergamon Press, acquired the ...

Person, Journalism / Publishing, Politics & Administration, Czechoslovakia

1 memorial
Charles W. Toms

Charles W. Toms

One of the Deacons at the Wandsworth chapel who provided lectures and popular entertainments during the week for the working classes. Active in 1883. Is it possible that he could be the Charles W. ...

Person, Community / Clubs, Politics & Administration

1 memorial