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
W.Whitaker Thompson
Vice-Chairman, in 1908, and Chairman of the London County Council.
2 memorials
Nicholas Goodison
Chairman of the London Stock Exchange (1976-1986), the Art Fund (1986-2002), the Courtauld Institute of Art (1982-2002), TSB Group (1989–95) Crafts Council (1997–2005). Wife Judith.
1 memorial
Match tax abandoned
I871 the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Robert Lowe, proposed a tax on matches. The Bryant and May workers, mainly girls, realised this threatened their jobs and marched in protest on the House of C...
2 memorials
Councillor H. H. Sandford
Chairman Works Committee for the Chiltern Street car park in 1965. Luckily for us some of his miniature medals were auctioned in 2009 and the lot description gives some information about Flight Li...
1 memorial
David Grant
Borough Councillor. He was Mayor of the Royal Borough of Greenwich in 2012.
1 memorial
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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
George 5th Earl Cadogan
Politician. Born at Durham. Ennobled by the death of his father in 1873. Lord of the Manor of Chelsea when it was undergoing massive developments out of which he made pots of money. Funded the bui...
2 memorials
Frederick George Creed
Inventor. Born in Mill Village, Nova Scotia. While working for the Central and South American Telegraph and Cable Company he became tired of using hand-operated machines to send messages. He came u...
1 memorial
Waterloo churches / Commissioners' churches
Following the defeat of Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo a Commission was set up to build churches as a means of giving thanks and commemorating the victory. The churches are also known as Milli...
1 memorial
Greater London Council
Replaced the LCC. The GLC was abolished, some say, because Mrs Thatcher could not abide its left-wing politics, nor its leader, Ken Livingstone. On its 50th anniversary Diamond Geezer posted a goo...
241 memorials
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