Hackney Council was created in 1965 from the 3 Metropolitan Borough Councils of Hackney, Shoreditch and Stoke Newington, all three of which had been created in 1900.
Previously they had been parishes governed by vestries. Hackney and Stoke Newington had been united as the Hackney District of the Metropolis from 1855 to 1894.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Hackney Council
Mortuary Buildings erected by the Hackney District Board of Works, Anno Domin...
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Hackney Council
Oops! The plaque has 'Issac' rather than the more common 'Isaac' and we can't...
First plastic in the world, known as 'parkesine', invented by Alexander Parke...
Anna Laetitia Barbauld, 1743 - 1825, poet and writer, lived in this house fro...
Anthony Newley, 1931 - 1999, entertainer, was a pupil at this school and live...
MDFCTA confirms that this fountain is of a unique design but we can find no r...
Commoner on the Bridge House Estates Committee, 1894.
Director of Lady Workers' Homes Ltd in 1936. Probably Helena the wife of Abraham Davis (or possibly the wife of Arthur Davis).
Formed in London with the purpose of promoting trade, communication, defence, etc. between the UK and the various colonies and India. We can find little information about the BEL; it may even stil...
German ambassador from 1932 to 1936. Well-liked by British politicians but his relationship with Hitler was not good. Hitler was probably close to recalling him but he died in office, aged 55. Unli...
Lady District Officer in the St John Ambulance Brigade, No. 1 District, 1915-1942. Serving Sister in the Order of St John.
Person, Emergency Services, Medicine, Politics & Administration
Started by John Courage in Horselydown Lane. Ran the Anchor Brewery in Park Street 1955-86.
Wife of Carlos Castello Branco. For lack of any alternative we has given her her husband's surname.
Baron Wilson of Rievaulx. Prime Minister 1964-70 and 1974-6.
Acting school director. She worked with Joan Littlewood in the Theatre Workshop at the Theatre Royal, Stratford East, which inspired her to found the East 15 Acting School in Loughton, Essex.
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