Group    From 1900  To 1965

Shoreditch Borough Council

The Metropolitan Borough of Shoreditch was created in 1900.  In 1965 it was merged with Stoke Newington and Hackney to form the London Borough of Hackney.

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

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Stonebridge Estate

At first we thought the plaque was deliberately mounted at a jaunty angle but...

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

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Passmore Edwards drinking fountain - N1

We love the elaborately correct use of English: "... in the acquisition of wh...

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Wallace drinking fountain

The plaque explains why this fountain look so familiar to anyone who has walk...

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Wenlock Barn Estate

The plaque is on the first floor balcony, in our photo partly hidden by tree ...

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Other Subjects

Margaret Ethel MacDonald

Margaret Ethel MacDonald

Feminist and social reformer. Daughter of John & Margaret Gladstone. Born 17 Pembridge Square, her mother dying soon after. Brought up to do good works, she became a socialist, joined the Labou...

Person, Gender Issues, Politics & Administration, Social Welfare

1 memorial
Denis Bond

Denis Bond

Probably born Dorset. Sat in the House of Commons (MP for Dorchester) in two periods between 1640 and 1656. He supported the Parliamentarian cause in the English Civil War and served as president o...

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Ambassador Charles H. Price, II

Ambassador Charles H. Price, II

Charles Harry Price II was born on 1 April 1931 in Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri, USA. He was the second son of Charles Harry Price (1886-1942) and Virginia Ogden Price (1898-1953). His eld...

Person, Commerce, Politics & Administration, Belgium, USA

2 memorials
Alfred Barnes

Alfred Barnes

Labour and Co-operative politician. President of the Stratford Co-operative and Industrial Society in 1919. Minister of Transport, 1945-51. Born North Woolwich. Lost a leg in a fairground accident...

Person, Politics & Administration

3 memorials
Thomas Matussek, German Ambassador

Thomas Matussek, German Ambassador

German Ambassador to the Court of St. James's, 2002 - 2006.

Person, Politics & Administration, Germany

1 memorial

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Bankers Clearing House - 2

Bankers Clearing House - 2

EC4, Lombard Street, Post Office Court

The VR monogram must refer to the monarch at the time the Bankers Clearing House was first on this site in 1833, Victoria.

2 subjects commemorated
John Jackson
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
J. Pattenden
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Elizabeth Keoghoe

Elizabeth Keoghoe

Killed, aged 56, in the Downhills shelter WW2 tragedy, 19 September 1940.

Person

War dead non-military, WW2
1 memorial
Vernon Keough

Vernon Keough

Pilot Officer, 71 Eagle Squadron, American, killed.

Person, USA

War dead, WW2
1 memorial