Sir Walter Besant was the first president and the local historians Thomas Barratt and G. W. Potter were members. A London Inheritance has found evidence of its existence up to 1940.
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Hampstead Antiquarian and Historical Society
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Thomas Park & J J Park
Thomas Park F.S.A. "The poetical antiquary", born 1759, died 1834, and his so...
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Alec Clifton-Taylor
Architectural historian, author & broadcaster. He lived in Kensington most of his life and was President of the Kensington Society from 1978 until his death.
Stephen and Matilda Tenants' Co-operative
The first local authority estate under tenants' control in Britain. Became a limited company on 30 September 1982. Waymarking gives the interesting history of this organisation.
Plastics Historical Society
First to draw attention to the heritage of the plastics industry and to celebrate all things plastic.
Czechoslovak Air Force Association
When Czechoslovakia was occupied by the Nazis, more than two thousand Czech airmen joined the Royal Air Force to fight the Germans, and many took part in the Battle of Britain.
Group, Armed Forces, Aviation, Community / Clubs, Czechoslovakia
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Waltham Forest Council
Formed in 1965 from the joining of Chingford, Leyton and Walthamstow.
All Hallows the Less
This medieval church was destroyed, along with most of the churches in the City, by the Great Fire in 1666. In 1670 Parliament passed a Rebuilding Act and a committee was set up under the stewardsh...
Cardinal Henry Edward Manning
Born Totteridge. Ordained into the Church of England in 1833, the same year he married Caroline Sargent, who died in 1837, childless. Member of the Oxford Movement and converted to Catholicism in...
Normandy Landings / D-Day
The landings, also known as Operation Neptune, were the landing operations in Operation Overlord during WW2. The 'D' in D-Day doesn't stand for anything as it was used as a substitute for the actua...
A. Bridgman
Resident of Willesden who volunteered and died in the Anglo Boer War, 1899-1900.
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