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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Hubert Carr-Gomm

Hubert Carr-Gomm

Politician and publisher.  Hubert William Culling Carr-Gomm was born on 20 June 1877 in Palamcottah, Madras, India, (now Palayamkottai) and he was also baptised there on 19 August 1877. He was the...

Person, Journalism / Publishing, Politics & Administration, India, Spain

1 memorial
J. Chappell

J. Chappell

Churchwarden of St Mary Whitechapel parish in 1884.

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Baron Ferdinand James Anselm de Rothschild

Baron Ferdinand James Anselm de Rothschild

Art collector, politician and philanthropist.  Austrian nobleman born Paris, France, into the banking family. He was the sixth of the eight children of Baron Anselm Salomon von Rothschild (1803-187...

Person, Philanthropy, Politics & Administration, Austria, France, Germany

1 memorial
John Dean

John Dean

1883, Trustee of Lopping Hall, Loughton. According to G. Sludge, ".. a retired police officer, born Retford."

Person, Emergency Services, Politics & Administration

1 memorial

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St Stephen Walbrook church

St Stephen Walbrook church

EC4, Walbrook, 39, St Stephen Walbrook church

The small blue plaque is below the Palladian window to the left of our photo. Before 2011 the large blue plaque was where the red informa...

10 subjects commemorated
Adam brothers

Adam brothers

The four Adam brothers: John (1721-1792, born Edinburgh), Robert - the important one, James and William, (1738-1822, suicide) together designed classical buildings. Father was an architect. Initial...

Group, Architecture, Property, Scotland

1 memorial
B. E. Nightingale

B. E. Nightingale

Benjamin Ebenezer Nightingale was born in 1837 in Lambeth, Surrey. He was a son of Benjamin Ebenezer Nightingale (1803-1868) and Margaret Nightingale née Dickinson (1811-1887). On 7 January 1838 he...

Person, Property

2 memorials
Altab Ali

Altab Ali

24-year-old Bengali murdered in Adler Street, junction Whitechapel High Street, in a racist attack by three teenage boys. Altab Ali was on his way home to Wapping from a small factory just off Bric...

Person, Race Issues, Tragedy, Pakistan

1 memorial
Our Lady of Willesden - WW1

Our Lady of Willesden - WW1

NW10, Acton Lane, Our Lady of Willesden RC church

The names are listed on two panels either side of the door but that to the right, east, is too weather-worn to be legible. We were gratef...

War dead | WW1
44 subjects commemorated