Leyton Library
Grade II listed building, designed by John Knight in an Italianate style and opened in 1882 as Leyton Town Hall . Outgrown by 1892 and replaced by the new town hall alongside. Later adapted to serve as a public library.
Waltham Forest Heritage
E10, High Road Leyton, 273
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Leyton Library
Designed by John Knight, this originally opened as Leyton Town Hall. It was o...
Architect. We only have some ideas about who this might be, from Charles Saum...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Leyton Library
Formed in 1965 from the joining of Chingford, Leyton and Walthamstow.
Virginia Stephen (Virginia Woolf), 1882 - 1941, novelist and critic, lived here, 1907 - 1911. Greater London Council
The plaque refers to the Verbruggens as brothers, when in fact they were father and son.
Abram Games, 1914 - 1996, poster artist and designer, lived and worked here, 1948 - 1996. English Heritage
Charles McCall, DAEdin, ROI, NEAC, 1907-1989, artist, lived and died here.
Gladys Mills, 1918 - 1978, pianist lived here. Loughton Town Council 2008
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