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Hackney Council

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.

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Hackney Council

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Hackney Mortuary

Mortuary Buildings erected by the Hackney District Board of Works, Anno Domin...

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Abney House

Oops! The plaque has 'Issac' rather than the more common 'Isaac' and we can't...

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Alexander Parkes and Parkesine

First plastic in the world, known as 'parkesine', invented by Alexander Parke...

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Anna Laetitia Barbauld

Anna Laetitia Barbauld, 1743 - 1825, poet and writer, lived in this house fro...

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Anthony Newley

Anthony Newley, 1931 - 1999, entertainer, was a pupil at this school and live...

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Beck and Runtz fountain

MDFCTA confirms that this fountain is of a unique design but we can find no r...

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Aneurin Bevan

Aneurin Bevan

Politician. Born at 32 Charles Street, Tredegar, Wales. Known as Nye. He began work in the coal mines at the age of 13, becoming Chairman of the Miners' Lodge, leading them in the general strike of...

Person, Politics & Administration, Wales

2 memorials
John Wylde

John Wylde

Renter Warden of the Innholders, 1920 - 21.

Person, Benefactor, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Manor of Rotherhithe

Manor of Rotherhithe

First recorded in Norman times as part of the royal demesne. It had a long succession of owners and tenants who held rights over the area.

Place, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Gustav Landauer

Gustav Landauer

Anarchist theorist. Born Germany. Also translated William Shakespeare into German. Beaten to death by soldiers while under arrest in Munich. Film director Mike Nichols is his grandson.

Person, Politics & Administration, Tragedy, Germany

1 memorial
Edward Cox-Sinclair

Edward Cox-Sinclair

Churchwarden, St Pancras Vestry in 1897. Andrew Behan has researched this man: Edward Cox was born in 1838 in St Pancras, London, a son of William James Cox and Mary Ann Cox. His father was a Coal...

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial

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Camp Griffiss / Widewing

Camp Griffiss / Widewing

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Group, Armed Forces

18 memorials
Queen's Head Inn, Southwark

Queen's Head Inn, Southwark

Coaching Inn. It's origin is uncertain, but in the 15th century it was owned by the Poynings family and was known as the Crossed Keys or Crowned Keys. It may have been renamed in honour of Queen El...

Building, Commerce, Community / Clubs, Food & Drink

1 memorial
India House - in India

India House - in India

India, W, India, Gujarat, Kutch, Mandvi, Kutch

This town is the birthplace of Shyamji Krishna Varma, who founded India House.

3 subjects commemorated
Norwegian Government-in-exile

Norwegian Government-in-exile

SW7, Princes Gate, Kingston House North

The official Norway site provides useful background information for this plaque.  See also the Norwegian gratitude stone.

1 subject commemorated, 2 creators
Acton History Group
3 memorials