Frederick Bremer, 1872 - 1941. Between 1892 - 1894 in a small workshop in the garden of this house, Fred Bremer and Tom Bates constructed the first British car powered by an internal combustion engine. In 1931 he donated it to Vestry House Museum where it can still be seen today.
Waltham Forest Heritage
E17, Connaught Road, 1
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Frederick Bremer
Engineer and inventor. Born in Stepney. A gas-fitter and plumber by trade, in...
Located in Walthamstow. It was originally a workhouse and then a police stati...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Frederick Bremer
Formed in 1965 from the joining of Chingford, Leyton and Walthamstow.
Edward Irving was once the priest at the Gothic church that was on this site before WW2. Reith's parents were married in this church and ...
The building to the east, Marconi House, has close connections to this site and we have recorded some of their joint history there.
The plaque was a foundation stone laid into the wall of the building but it now serves as a memorial to the building which was demolished...
'In unity progress' is the motto of Redbidge Council.
The Jewish calendar has a different start year (hence the "5425 - 1665") 3,760 years ahead of the more common, Gregorian, calendar.
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