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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

Dennis Robinson

Dennis Robinson

Past Prime Warden of The Worshipful Company of Basketmakers and father of John Robinson.

Person, Politics & Administration

0 memorials
Councillor R. J. Tallantire

Councillor R. J. Tallantire

Vice-Chairman of the Shoreditch Housing Committee in 1949. Elected onto the LCC in 1949.

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Percy C. Simmons

Percy C. Simmons

Major Sir Percy Coleman Simmons was a a solicitor and local politician.  Simmons and Simmons was the legal partnership with his brother, Edward. Served in WW1. A member of the London County Council...

Person, Armed Forces, Law, Politics & Administration

2 memorials
Geo. W. Paton

Geo. W. Paton

Director of Jahncke Ltd in 1912.

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial

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Greater London Council

Greater London Council

Replaced the LCC. The GLC was abolished, some say, because Mrs Thatcher could not abide its left-wing politics, nor its leader, Ken Livingstone.  On its 50th anniversary Diamond Geezer posted a goo...

Group, Politics & Administration

241 memorials
Old Velho / First Jewish cemetery

Old Velho / First Jewish cemetery

From London Gardens Online : "The Sephardi Velho (Old) Cemetery opened in 1657, the first Jewish cemetery to be established with Oliver Cromwell's approval. The land was formerly part of a garden a...

Place, Gardens / Agriculture

2 memorials
F. Brook Hitch

F. Brook Hitch

Born London. Lived in Hertford. RBS. Our colleague Andrew Behan has researched this man, and found him at Mapping Sculpture, where the date of birth is given as 1877 which conflicts with Wikipedia...

Person, Sculpture

2 memorials
Charles Wesley

Charles Wesley

Born Epworth, Lincolnshire. Renowned Hymn writer. 21 May 1738 experienced his conversion (3 days before his brother's) at John Bray’s home where he was seriously ill in bed. Buried at the old paris...

Person, Music / songs, Religion

8 memorials
General John Burgoyne

General John Burgoyne

Army officer, politician and playwright. Born at Park Prospect, Westminster. He entered the army in 1740 and in the Seven Years War he captured Valencia de Alcantara. During the Saratoga Campaign i...

Person, Armed Forces, Politics & Administration, Theatre, Canada, Ireland, Spain, USA

1 memorial