A Metropolitan borough of the County of London. It was amalgamated with the Metropolitan Boroughs of St Pancras and Holborn to form the London Borough of Camden.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Borough of Hampstead
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Bell Moor House - Barratt
On this site stood the house Bell Moor where the historian of Hampstead, Thom...
Hampstead War Memorial
From the inscriptions it seems that the obelisk was created as a WW1 memorial...
King Edward VII's coronation tree
Borough of Hampstead This tree was planted by the Mayor, Mr Alderman C. F. Pr...
Other Subjects
Benjamin Franklin
Natural philosopher, writer, revolutionary politician and inventor. Born Boston, Massachusetts. Crossed the Atlantic 8 times, living for many years apart from his wife and children. A keen swimmer...
Person, Politics & Administration, Science, Seriously Famous, USA
2 memorials
Alexander Herzen
“Father of Russian socialism”. Born Moscow into a land-owning family. Had a number of run-ins with the authorities and emigrated for good in 1847. Baron Rothschild assisted him in keeping his...
Person, Literature, Politics & Administration, France, Russia
1 memorial
Alderman Hannah Jeffcote
Member of Housing Committee, Diss Street 1922.
2 memorials
Jose de San Martin
Soldier and statesman. Born in present-day Argentina. An officer in the Spanish army but then a major player in the battle for independence from Spain for Argentina in 1812 and Chile in 1818. He fo...
Person, Nationalism, Politics & Administration, Argentina, Chile, France, Peru
3 memorials
Mr W. Harrison
Trustee of the Putney Pest House Charity, 1862.
1 memorial
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Geraldine Mary Harmsworth
Mother of Lord Rothermere. Born in Dublin as Geraldine Mary Maffett, the daughter of an Irish land agent. 1884 married a barrister, Alfred Harmsworth, and had a number of children: Alfred, Geral...
3 memorials
Dulwich Hamlet Football Club
Football club formed by Lorraine 'Pa' Wilson. In 1907 the club joined both the Isthmian League and the Spartan League, leaving the latter at the end of the 1907–08 season.
2 memorials
Greater London Council
Replaced the LCC. The GLC was abolished, some say, because Mrs Thatcher could not abide its left-wing politics, nor its leader, Ken Livingstone. On its 50th anniversary Diamond Geezer posted a goo...
241 memorials
Sir Frederick Hopkins
Biochemist. Born Frederick Gowland Hopkins at 16 Marine Parade, Eastbourne. He studied at Guy's Hospital, where he received the University of London gold medal. In 1897 he became the first lecturer...
2 memorials
Oliver Tambo
Born Mbizana, in what is now Eastern Cape. President of the African National Congress. Fled to the UK from South Africa in 1960 to run the ANC abroad. Returned to South Africa after the collapse o...
Person, Politics & Administration, Race Issues, South Africa
1 memorial
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