London Borough. Formed from the Municipal Boroughs of Wembley and Willesden of Middlesex. Its name derives from the River Brent which runs through the borough.
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Brent Council
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Bobby Moore Bridge
The building in the background of the mural is, of course, the old Wembley St...
Bob Marley - NW2
From Jamaica Observer: The building ... was home to Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, B...
Elizabeth Mitchell
Elizabeth "Liz" Mitchell, the voice of pop reggae super group Boney M, lived ...
Olympic Way - 1948 plaque
Unveiled in its new location on 19 April 2023, the same day that a plaque at ...
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Sir Richard Weston
Born Buckinghamshire. First Earl of Portland. Charles I's most influential adviser after Buckingham's death in 1628. Lord Treasurer. Died at Wallingford House, where Admiralty House now stands.
1 memorial
Sir James Graham, 2nd Baronet
Home Secretary 1841-46. Born Cumberland.
1 memorial
Henry W. Budd
A Commissioner for the 1892 Westminster Public Library.
1 memorial
Stanley Bean Atkinson
Barrister-at-law, Stepney Borough Councillor, guardian of the poor, member of Metropolitan Asylums Board. On top of his legal qualifications he also studied medicine at St Bartholomew's. Died aged ...
1 memorial
Carlton House / Salisbury Club
The house and gardens of what is now 694a High Road E11 have had a complicated series of uses which we have not bottomed out. The house and/or either of the two buildings in the front garden and/or...
Group, Community / Clubs, Politics & Administration, Sport / Games
1 memorial
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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...
50 memorials
Norway House
Norway House and Norway Yard. By the beginning of the 19th century this fine house set in its own large garden, had become a famous boarding academy for young gentlemen. We know that in 1805 the ...
1 memorial
John Bunyan
Born Elstow, Bedfordshire. A tinker by trade he became a travelling preacher. Unlicensed he was imprisoned 1660-1672. Wrote The Pilgrim's Progress. Died of a fever at Snow Hill, Holborn and is buri...
2 memorials
Coronation Avenue bombing
Coronation Avenue consisted of a terrace of about 15 shops with five storeys of flats above and behind. The air raid shelter was beneath three of the shops. It suffered a direct hit by a bomb, resu...
1 memorial
E. J. Parlanti
Bronze founder. Ercole Felipo Giacomo Parlanti was born in Rome. He and his older brother Alessandro worked at the Nelli foundry in Rome before moving to London. After his arrival in the UK he used...
14 memorials
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