Leader of the Peasants' Revolt of 1381. Killed at Smithfield by the Mayor of London, William Walworth.
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Wat Tyler
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Savoy Hotel - AR-MR
SH On the 13th June 1381, the Palace of the Savoy was burned and destroyed b...
St John's Gate
When we first spotted this plaque it was brass and quite brief. Sometime arou...
The Great Rising / Peasants' Revolt
Matthew Bell realised that The Great Rising lacked a proper memorial and that...
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William Hammer, Mayor of Hackney
Councillor William Hammer JP, Mayor of Hackney in 1912.
Claudia Jones
Born Trinidad. Moved to New York where she became a Communist. Caught up in the McCarthy trials she was imprisoned and then extradited to Britain in December 1955. Became a community organiser aft...
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Arthur Deakin, CH, CBE
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Lord Elcho
Politician. Born Hugo Richard Charteris in Scotland. Entered parliament first in 1883 and again in 1886. He gained the titles 11th Earl of Wemyss and 7th Earl of March.