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
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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.
Thomas Woolner RA, sculptor and poet, lived here, 1860 - 1892.
Unveiled on the same day as the Nissel plaque. We learnt something typing this plaque - the correct spelling of "ophthalmologist". The m...
Phileas J. Fogg, Esq. established the Society of Exploration here, 1a Bedford Street, 1883.
These plaques are to the north of the fountain in the front garden of Wandsworth Town Hall, on Fairfield Street. The time capsule stone i...
A nice art deco entrance. Built by the LCC on the Blackstock estate.
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