In 1899 the Battersea Vestry became the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea. In 1965 this merged with the Metropolitan Borough of Wandsworth to form the London Borough of Wandsworth.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Battersea Vestry and the Borough of Battersea
Commemorated ati
Wandsworth time capsule
In 1899 the Battersea Vestry became the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea.
Other Subjects
John Bright
Politician. Worked closely with Richard Cobden in the campaign for the repeal of the Corn Laws. As a Quaker he was opposed to inequalities between individuals and groups; as a member of a mill-ow...
1 memorial
William Henry Liversidge
Commoner on the Bridge House Estates Committee, 1894.
1 memorial
William Stroud
Member of Parliament. When Charles II was restored to the throne he ordered the disinterment of the bodies of Oliver Cromwell and his supporters, including Stroud, and their reburial in an unmarke...
1 memorial
World Wildlife Fund
Now known as the World Wide Fund for Nature. It is an international non-governmental organisation, working in wilderness preservation, and the reduction of human intervention on the environment. J...
Group, Animals, Gardens / Agriculture, Politics & Administration
2 memorials
London Borough of Merton
Formed under the London Government Act 1963, by the merger of the Municipal Borough of Mitcham, the Municipal Borough of Wimbledon and the Merton and Morden Urban District, all formerly within Surrey.
6 memorials
Previously viewed
1 memorial
Oscar Wilde reclining
WC2, Adelaide Street
Unveiled by Lucian Holland, Wilde's great grandson, who made the unveiling speech. He was assisted by Stephen Fry who played Oscar in th...
1 subject commemorated,
3 creators
1 memorial
War dead, WW2
1 memorial
The Village in the Jungle
Novel written by Leonard Woolf, published 1913, based on his experiences as a colonial civil servant in British-controlled Ceylon, but unusually written from the native point of view.
1 memorial
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