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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.

This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Hackney Council

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Hackney Mortuary

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

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This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Hackney Council

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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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Other Subjects

Arthur Onslow

Arthur Onslow

Electred Speaker of the House of Commons in 1728, a post he held for a record-setting 33 years. Born Chelsea.  View from the Mirror credits Onslow with the invention of kerbstones.

Person, Politics & Administration

2 memorials
Hackney Peace Carnival

Hackney Peace Carnival

Maggie Thatcher in power, the cold war, Anglo-American capitalism, loony-left councillors in Hackney... ah, those were the days.

Event, Community / Clubs, Peace, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Dick Whittington

Dick Whittington

Born in Pauntley, Gloucestershire, second son of a wealthy man. Thrice Lord Mayor of London: 1397, 1406 and 1420 (actually four times but two were consecutive). Three times Master of the Mercers' C...

Person, Literature, Lord Mayor, Politics & Administration, Theatre

8 memorials
Jim Rugless

Jim Rugless

Poplar councillor imprisoned during the 1921 rates protest.

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Lady Violet Bonham-Carter

Lady Violet Bonham-Carter

Politician and diarist.   Born where her parents were living at the time, at Eton House, John Street (now Keat's Grove), Hampstead, as (Helen) Violet Asquith, daughter of PM Herbert.  Involved in L...

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial