Walthamstow was a local government district 1894 -1965 when it combined with Chingford and Leyton to form Waltham Forest.
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...
Old Watch House - E17
Here stood the Old Watch House or “Cage”, erected in 1765, removed in 1912. B...
William Morris and Edward Lloyd
William Morris, 1834 - 1896, lived here, 1848 - 1856. Edward Lloyd, publisher...
William Morris - birthplace
Directly opposite stood Elm House (demolished in 1898) in extensive grounds t...
Other Subjects
Anthony Frey
Anarchist and anti-fascist. Killed while rock climbing in France, aged 31. Andrew Behan has kindly provided this research: His full name was Anthony Christopher Frey. He was born in January 1977 i...
1 memorial
Thomas Stephen Dulley
Trustee of the Putney Pest House Charity, 1862. Thomas Stephen Dulley was born in 1821 in Putney, the fifth of the eleven children of Henry Dulley (1771-1846) and Tomzon Dicker Dulley née Stephens...
Person, Gardens / Agriculture, Politics & Administration, Social Welfare
1 memorial
Henry Fox, Baron Holland
First Baron Holland. Held a number of senior posts but never made PM nor gained the earldom that he desired. But he did gain financially from his roles and was not a popular man. Father of Charles ...
1 memorial
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: ...
1 memorial
Alexander McLeod
One of the founders (1868) of Royal Arsenal Co-operative Society (RACS). First full-time secretary from 1882 until his death. He was the son of Skye crofters and served an apprenticeship of five y...
2 memorials
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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
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
W. F. D. Smith, Lord Hambleden
On his father's death in 1891 he became head of the family firm of W.H. Smith and Son and also took over as MP for the Strand Division, until 1910. Chairman of King's College Hospital. Became 2nd V...
2 memorials
Handley Page V/1500
A British night-flying heavy bomber built by Handley Page towards the end of WWW1. It was a four-engine biplane, which resembled a larger version of the earlier O/100 and O/400 bombers, and was int...
1 memorial
Charles Dickens
Born, son of Elizabeth and John Dickens, at No.1 Mile End Terrace, Landport, Portsmouth (where there is a museum). For a map showing many of his London addresses see Londonist. His family were so p...
49 memorials
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