Leyton Town Hall
Grade II listed building, designed by John Johnson in a rich eclectic style after a competition involving over thirty entries.
Erected 1894 - 6 to replace the original public offices, now Leyton Library.
Waltham Forest Heritage
E10, High Road Leyton, 275, Leyton Technical
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Leyton Town Hall
There are two adjacent buildings on High Road Leyton, both of which have serv...
Architect. Born Hoxton. Our information comes from the Victorian Web which na...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Leyton Town Hall
Formed in 1965 from the joining of Chingford, Leyton and Walthamstow.
This large plaque is laid into the ground in the middle of the shopping centre.
This is a lovely plaque but the fireman's helmet on a plaque for a police constable is odd. It doesn't even seem as if a fire was involved.
We counted 5 memorials on the outside of this building: the relief showing Tyburn martyrs at attic level; the Gunne plaque at eye level o...
Leigh Hunt, poet. Born on October 19th 1784 in a house on this site. Died 1859. Southgate Civic Trust Southgate Reform Synagogue
This close-up photo comes from the London Transport Museum Collection. From that photo we'd guess that the plaque has about 10 - 15 names...
In the early hours of Friday 16 October 1987 a great storm struck South East England. In four violent hours London lost 250,000 trees. Its skyline changed for ever. 22 people were killed in Englan...
Sorry, we've done no research on WW2, it's just too big a subject. But do visit the picture source web site - it has a fascinating collection of maps. And we enjoyed these photos of current WW2 ev...
In 1981 it amalgamated with the Auriol Rowing Club (founded 1896) to form the Auriol Kensington Rowing Club. The club has a strong tradition of turning out good crews both men and women, which regu...
From London Hellenic Prize: "... the London Hellenic Society, a prestigious cultural society established in London in the 1960s by prominent members of the London Greek community ...". We think it ...
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