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Islington Council

The Islington Book of Remembrance is an impressive undertaking: the database has a list of memorials in Islington. There are also lists of Conflict / Event / Incident, each with an associated list of those killed.

 

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

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London & Manchester Ass Co - Arlington Square

Arlington Square and Union Square hold two identical octagonal bird baths. T...

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London & Manchester Ass Co - Union Square

{Around the outside rim of the basin:} This garden was presented by the Lond...

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

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African National Congress

London Borough of Islington London headquarters of the African National Cong...

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Alexander McQueen

Lee Alexander McQueen, 1969 - 2010, fashion designer, lived here from 2001 - ...

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Andrea Levy

Andrea Levy, 1956 - 2019, novelist and chronicler of the British Caribbean ex...

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Anne Frank tree - N5

This tree was cultivated from the original white horse chestnut tree that Ann...

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Archway Toll Gate

The plaque is under the ground floor window.

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Other Subjects

William, Lord Hastings

William, Lord Hastings

An important man in the court of Edward IV, rising to the position of Lord Chamberlain.  On the king’s death he supported his brother, the later Richard III, but something was not to Richard’s liki...

Person, Execution, Politics & Administration

2 memorials
Oliver Cromwell

Oliver Cromwell

Born Huntingdon, the great-grandson of Richard Cromwell who was Thomas Cromwell's nephew. The picture source website also provides these words: "Following the traumatic upheavals of civil war and r...

Person, Politics & Administration

7 memorials
Southgate local government

Southgate local government

Originally part of the parish of Edmonton. In 1881 Southgate Local Board was established and became an Urban District in 1894. Became a municipal borough in 1933, and remained so until the London G...

Group, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Woodrow Wilson

Woodrow Wilson

President of the USA 1913 - 1921.  the photo shows him at Buckingham Palace on his 1918 visit.  Left to right: Mrs Wilson, Queen Mary, President Wilson, King George V, Princess Mary. For a list of...

Person, Politics & Administration, USA

1 memorial
Sam House

Sam House

Publican of The Intrepid Fox in Wardour Street where he died. An ardent supporter of the politician, Charles Fox he named his pub after him. A family tree website carries a transcription of "The Li...

Person, Commerce, Politics & Administration

1 memorial

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Bragansas

Bragansas

SE17, Corner of Braganza and De Laune Streets

Bragansas This two-dimensional form is a bragansa, a Cognate word which can be crudely translated as "spirit door" or "tombshadow," but r...

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
Emma Goldman

Emma Goldman

Political activist and writer. Born in what is now Lithuania. Emigrated to US 1885. Lover and life-long friend of Alexander Berkman. Imprisoned and then deported from the US. Moved to London in 192...

Person, Politics & Administration, Canada, Lithuania, USA

1 memorial
submarine Tigris
1 memorial
Audrey Holland

Audrey Holland

Mother-in-law to Jane.

Person, Tragedy

1 memorial
Hornsey British Legion

Hornsey British Legion

N8, Elder Avenue, Earl Haig Memorial Hall

This double plaque is under the window on the left. Sir Philip Sassoon was ADC to Douglas Haig in WW1. In 2008 we visited this area and ...

2 subjects commemorated, 6 creators