Erection date: 7/7/1973
Lord Porchester, chairman South East Planning Council, planted this tree, July 7th 1973.
It would have helped if the plaque had said what the tree was commemorating.
E8, Mare Street, Hackney Town Hall
The plaque is behind the seated lady - we couldn't very well ask her to move.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Lord Porchester tree
Racing Manager to Queen Elizabeth from 1969 until his death. A very close fr...
Planted by Dame Jane Roberts, leader of Camden Council.
Shortly after we published, our colleague, Andrew Behan, spotted that we'd misread Harding's birth year. We had 1919 but on closer examin...
Roger Robinson's pictures shows him at the planting ceremony, 14 August 2005. The tree is an English Oak.
Lord Mayor in 1925-6. Born Hoxton. Chairman of Pryke & Palmer Ltd, iron and hardware merchants. Member of the governing body of the Irish Society though we could find no immediate Irish heritag...
1569-1570 Master of the Clothworkers' Company. Three wives but childless which allowed for his philanthropy. 1564-1577 he financed the rebuilding of the Holborn Conduit which, until its demolition ...
Person, Food & Drink, Philanthropy, Politics & Administration
{On the back of the plinth: a carved laurel wreath encircling a lit lantern, representing an eternal flame, presumably, and:} 1914 - 1...
The plaque is on the north-west facade, just outside the entrance door.
The original bridge was designed by William Tierney Clark, and was the first suspension bridge over the River Thames. By the 1870s, it became evident that it was not strong enough to support the vo...
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