In 1865 the Local Government Act 1858 was adopted by the parish of Acton, and a twelve-member local board of health was formed to govern the area.
The Parish of Acton became an Urban District in 1894. In 1921 this become a municipal borough. 1965 this merged with other districts to become the London Borough of Ealing.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Acton UDC
The Oakley Small Arms Works moved to Acton from Chelsea in 1904, and was situ...
Vice Minister of Patriots & Veterans Affairs of the Republic of Korea in 2014.
Chairman of the Plaistow Library Committee in the Borough of West Ham in 1902. Apart from the information and image of John Kettle that is contained on the London Wiki website our research has fou...
Chartism was a working-class movement for political reform in Britain, which took its name from the People's Charter of 1838. It began among skilled workers in small shops, and handloom workers in ...
Churchwarden of Christ Church Spitalfields, 1873 - 77 at least. Possibly the grocer who occupied nearby 56 Artillery Lane in 1859 - 1904. We also found Raven Road, Spitalfields given for him in 1877.
Londonist have an interesting post about animals at the Bank of England. The Guardian, 16 April 2022, reporting on an exhibition at the Bank of England, informed that the Bank once owned 599 slave...
After their elopement in July 1814 the Shelleys lived here with Claire Clairmont, Mary's step-sister. Their son was born, presumably here...
A Catholic convert who translated Italian writing and promoted the Italian democratic cause. Born California, but brought up in England and studied in France. From TerraNouvelle: "... she intervie...
Person, Friend / family, Literature, France, Italy, Switzerland, USA
Naval officer. Governor of Greenwich Hospital, July 1847 until his death. Died at Greenwich.
An experiment by the London and Croydon Railway. Pumping stations were built which created a vacuum in a pipe laid between the rails. Each carriage had a piston that entered a slot in the tube, sea...
F.R.S. "the father of English clockmaking". Buried in Westminster Abbey.