Group    From 1855  To 1965

Bermondsey Borough Council / Vestry

The Vestry of Bermondsey was incorporated in 1855. In 1889 it became part of the County of London and then in 1900 the Vestries of Bermondsey and Rotherhithe were joined to form the Metropolitan Borough of Bermondsey. In 1965 that was abolished and the area became part of the London Borough of Southwark.

This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Bermondsey Borough Council / Vestry

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Guy Street Park

Guy Street Park Originally open fields, the land on which most of Guy Street ...

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St Olaf House - plaque

The "recreation ground in Tanner Street, SE1" is Tanner Street Park.

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This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Bermondsey Borough Council / Vestry

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Ada Salter Garden - tree

The inscription's date of birth for Ada contradicts that of reputable sources...

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Bermondsey garden

St Mary Magdalen, Bermondsey. This churchyard was conveyed to the Vestry of ...

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Other Subjects

Elisee Reclus

Elisee Reclus

Geographer, writer and anarchist. Born France. Visited Britain during 1852-7. Supported the Paris Commune of 1871. In 1872 was sentenced to perpetual banishment from France and settled in Switzerla...

Person, Politics & Administration, Belgium, France, Switzerland

1 memorial
George Skanderbeg

George Skanderbeg

Albanian national hero. Born George Kastrioti (or Castriota) Skanderbeg and also known as Iskander Bey. The son of a prince of Emathia (Modern day Macedonia). At the age of seven, he was kidnapped ...

Person, Nationalism, Politics & Administration, Balkans

1 memorial
Councillor George Hickling

Councillor George Hickling

Mayor of St Pancras 1905 - 6. Kentish Towner refers to "a coal merchants George Hickling & Co, then to be found on the corner of Regis Rd." in the late 1800s. Seems likely to be the same man.

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Rear-Admiral, Sir Henry Hart, KCH

Rear-Admiral, Sir Henry Hart, KCH

Naval officer.  Born Sussex. Commissioner of Greenwich Hospital.  See Indefatigable for more information, but one paragraph there is particularly relevant to Greenwich Hospital: "Following his reti...

Person, Armed Forces, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Frederick Neuner

Frederick Neuner

Alderman and Councillor 1952 - 1982, London Boroughs of Hornsey and Haringey, Mayor of the London Borough of Haringey, 1979 - 1980. Campaigner for the elderly, disabled and children, he dedicated h...

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial