Plaque

Bethnal Green Town Hall

Erection date: 23/9/1909

Inscription

Borough of Bethnal Green
This stone was laid Sept. 23rd 1909 by the Mayor A. F. Barnard Esq. JP
Building Committee:
Alderman Fred J. Read, Chairman
Councillor John Hall, Vice-Chairman
{a list of 12 names - see Subjects commemorated}.
P. Robinson FRIBA, W. Alban Jones - Architects
Brand Pettit & Co - Builders
E. E. Finch AM Inst. CE - Borough Engineer
Robert Voss - Town Clerk

Site: Bethnal Green Town Hall (1 memorial)

E2, Cambridge Heath Road

This 1910 Town Hall is by Percy Robinson with W. Alban Jones. Sculpture is by Henry Poole. The 1939 eastern extension is by E. C. P. Monson.

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This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Bethnal Green Town Hall

Subjects commemorated i

G. Bayley

Member of the Building Committee to build the 1909 Bethnal Green Town Hall.

Brand Pettit & Co

Builders active in 1909.

A. J. S. (Tom) Brooks

Member of the Building Committee to build the 1909 Bethnal Green Town Hall. ...

W. H. Clark

Member of the Building Committee to build the 1909 Bethnal Green Town Hall.

Garnham Edmonds

Member of the Building Committee to build the 1909 Bethnal Green Town Hall. ...

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This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Bethnal Green Town Hall

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Metropolitan Borough of Bethnal Green

Bethnal Green was formed as a civil parish from the Bethnal Green hamlet in S...

Alfred F. Barnard

Mayor of Bethnal Green 1908 - 1909.

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