Group    From 1894  To 1965

Borough of Walthamstow

Walthamstow was a  local government district 1894 -1965 when it combined with Chingford and Leyton to form Waltham Forest.

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This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Borough of Walthamstow

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Bearman's Department Store

Bearmans Department Store. On this site stood 'Bearmans of Leytonstone' depar...

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Old Watch House - E17

Here stood the Old Watch House or “Cage”, erected in 1765, removed in 1912. B...

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William Morris and Edward Lloyd

William Morris, 1834 - 1896, lived here, 1848 - 1856. Edward Lloyd, publisher...

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William Morris - birthplace

Directly opposite stood Elm House (demolished in 1898) in extensive grounds t...

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Other Subjects

David Alfred Griffin

David Alfred Griffin

Member of the Ealing District Council in 1899. From the 2018 'Structures, Experiences and Discourses’: The Middlesex Military Service Tribunals and their Appellants, 1916-1918. Peter John Harris: ...

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Geoffrey Rowley Bostock

Geoffrey Rowley Bostock

Born Stafford.  A chartered accountant, in 1916 we find him appointed to wind up a number of companies who were prosecuted under the Trading with the Enemy Amendment Act, 1916.  Churchwarden of St ...

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Olof Palme

Olof Palme

Swedish politician, statesman and Prime Minister (1969-76). Born Stockholm. 1986, late one night he and his wife were walking home from the cinema when he was shot in the back and died. No one was ...

Person, Politics & Administration, Tragedy, Sweden

1 memorial
Brandreth Gibbs

Brandreth Gibbs

On the Executive Committee for the 1851 Great Exhibition Memorial.

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Sir John Samuel Purcell, K.C.B.

Sir John Samuel Purcell, K.C.B.

John Samuel Purcell was born on 31 May 1839 in Ireland, a son of Dr John Francis Powell who was a Physician in Ordinary to successive Lords-Lieutenant of Ireland and later an Irish Poor Law Commiss...

Person, Armed Forces, Politics & Administration, Ireland

1 memorial

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University of West London / Ealing College

University of West London / Ealing College

Wikipedia gives: 1860 the Lady Byron School was founded and later became Ealing College of Higher Education. In 1990 this merged with a number of others to form the Polytechnic of West London. In 1...

Group, Education

1 memorial