Formed in 1965 from the joining of Chingford, Leyton and Walthamstow.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Waltham Forest Council
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Alliott Verdon Roe - E17 (1)
There is another identical plaque (not photgraphed) on the other side of the ...
Chingford Mount Cemetery
Chingford Mount Cemetery Developed in 1884 by the Abney Park Cemetery Company...
Cunard / Broadwest Film Studio
The Cunard / Broadwest Film Studio, 1914 - 1921. On this site stood one of th...
Damon Albarn
Damon Albarn the British singer, songwriter, producer and composer, best know...
Dave Shepherd
Dave Shepherd, Britain's acclaimed jazz clarinettist and bandleader, was born...
Other Subjects
Sir Sydney Harold Gillett
Lord Mayor in 1958. He seems to have not used the 'Sydney' in his name.
1 memorial
Rotherhithe Old Town Hall
Built in 1895 by the architects Murray and Foster. The caryatides can be seen in the image either side of the entrance at the right. In 1905 Rotherhithe merged with Bermondsey and St Olave and t...
2 memorials
Anti-Corn-Law League
Founded in Manchester by Richard Cobden with the objective of having the Corn Laws abolished. This achieved, the League was dissolved. The Corn Laws imposed a high import tax on foreign grain, th...
1 memorial
Sydney Powell
Former chairman of the Chiswick Parochial Charities.
1 memorial
John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland
Led the government of the under-age King Edward VI 1550-3, and on his death unsuccessfully attempted to install Lady Jane Grey and her husband (his son) Lord Guilford Dudley on the throne. Execute...
1 memorial
Previously viewed
First cinema in Britain
It was in Regent Street that a film was first played to a paying audience in Britain, whereas King's Hall Picture Palace is thought to have been the first purpose-built cinema in Britain.
2 memorials
Westminster City Council
The ancient parish of St Margaret's was divided into St Margaret's and St John's in 1727 but it was still run as a single vestry. In 1855 the two parishes were reformed into the Westminster Distric...
179 memorials
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Composer. Born 15 Theobalds Road, of a mixed race couple, his father being a Sierra Leonean Creole, and brought up in Croydon. His surname was Taylor and he was given the names Samuel Coleridge in ...
3 memorials
Friends of Burgess Park
The Friends of Burgess Park are an association of people and other interested groups who are concerned to protect, promote and enhance an important, inner-city London park.
4 memorials
First Pret a Manger shop
The brand Pret a Manger actually started in Hampstead but that folded after 18 months and the brand was sold to Julian Metcalfe and Sinclair Beecham who restarted it in Victoria near, but not actua...
1 memorial
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