Directly opposite stood Elm House (demolished in 1898) in extensive grounds the birthplace of William Morris 24 March 1834.
Borough of Walthamstow
E17, Forest Road, 343, Walthamstow Fire Station
The plaque is between the two notices on the white wall.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesof london.co.uk
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
William Morris - birthplace
Designer, author and visionary socialist. Born Elm House, Walthamstow, Essex...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
William Morris - birthplace
Walthamstow was a local government district 1894 -1965 when it combined with...
English Heritage Fred Russell, 1862 - 1957, father of modern ventriloquism, lived here in flat no. 71, 1914 - 1926.
Ernest Raymond, novelist, 1888 - 1974, author of more than fifty books included Tell England and We, the Accused, lived at 22 The Pryors,...
Perhaps the foliage on the plaque is an olive branch.
Arthur Stanley Wint 1920 - 1992, RAF pilot,doctor & diplomat, gold medal olympian, lived at this address 1949 - 1960. Chinara Enterpr...
Westminster City Council Savoy Theatre Opened in 1881, the Savoy Theatre was the first public building in the world to be lit throughou...
Novel by Charles Dickens. Originally published in serial form 1843–4. The picture is an ilustration by Fred Barnard from the 1870s.
This building, the Royal School of Mines, (1906, Aston Webb). has 34 memorials: a foundation stone, 2 busts and 30 scientists' surnames p...
Wisden's Almanack, the 'Bible of Cricket' was first published by John Wisden. It appears annually and contains a vast amount of information about English and overseas cricket, including scores of ...
Resident of Willesden who volunteered and died in the Anglo Boer War, 1899-1900.
