Former outer London borough. It included Plaistow, West Ham, Stratford, Canning Town, Silvertown and the current Borough of Newham west of Green Street. It was amalgamated with other areas to form the London Borough of Newham.
The photo shows the proud 37 members of the first West Ham Borough Council, 1886-7.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
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County Borough of West Ham
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County Borough of West Ham
The composer of this plaque has been very mean with first names and initials.
Town Hall Extension, 1885. George Rivett, Esq., Chairman of the Local Board. ...
This stone was laid by George Rivett, Esqre. chairman of the West Ham Local B...
County Borough of West Ham This stone was laid by Councillor Abednego Bishop ...
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Son of Robert Giles Marten. Admitted to Inner Temple in 1852 and became a QC, County Court Judge and knighted in 1896. MP for Cambridge. Was Treasurer of the Temple in 1893. Died St Leonard's on Sea.
Traveller, archaeologist, writer and diplomat, Gertrude Margaret Lowthian Bell, CBE, explored, mapped, and became highly influential to British imperial policy-making due to her knowledge and cont...
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Politician. Born Simon Henry Ward Hughes. Elected as M.P. for Bermondsey in 1983.
William Parker, 4th Baron Monteagle. See Guy Fawkes for Monteagle's role in the Gunpowder Plot.
Born London. Lived in Hertford. RBS. Our colleague Andrew Behan has researched this man, and found him at Mapping Sculpture, where the date of birth is given as 1877 which conflicts with Wikipedia...
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...
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Swedish theologian and polymath. He travelled frequently in Europe and came to London a few times. Lodged in Wellclose Square and attended the nearby Swedish Church. On his last visit, in 1771, ...
Westminster Councillor. Married to Hugh Garside. Our colleague Andrew Behan has kindly investigated this woman: Mair Eluned Rees was born on 30 August 1931 in Cardiff or Neath (depending on source...
Funded from Count Woronzow's will. Built in 1836 and then re-built on the same site in 1965. Occupy the west corner at the junction of St John’s Wood Terrace and Woronzow Road. Lots more info at...
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