Plaque

Joseph Beck at Barton House

Erection date: 10/11/2018

Inscription

Joseph Beck, 1828 - 1891, Chairman of the Clissold Park Preservation Committee who spearheaded the campaign (1886 - 8) to save Clissold Park from development, lived in Barton House which stood on this site.
London Borough of Hackney

Site: Joseph Beck at Barton House (1 memorial)

N16, Albion Road, 233

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Joseph Beck at Barton House

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Barton House, Stoke Newington

The house is said (Hackney Gazette) to have been named for Joseph Beck's gran...

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Joseph Beck

Saving Clissold Park have some lovely old photos of this man but they have es...

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Clissold Park and House

Built as Paradise House, or Newington Park House, in the late 1700s for Jonat...

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Joseph Beck at Barton House

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Hackney Council

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