Group    From 1965 

Lewisham Borough Council

The Borough of Lewisham was formed as an amalgamation of the Metropolitan Boroughs of Deptford and Lewisham.

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk

Comments are provided by Facebook, please ensure you are signed in here to see them

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

Creations i

Battle of Lewisham - Plaque

Remembering the Battle of Lewisham. Thousands united here against racism and ...

Read More

David Jones

David Jones CH, 1895 - 1974, artist, soldier, poet, lived at this address 189...

Read More

Dietrich Bonhoeffer - SE23

Dietrich Bonhoeffer, 1906 - 1945, theologian and pastor, lived here, 1933 - 1...

Read More

Edith Nesbit

Plaque unveiled by Fern Ravandi, her great-granddaughter.

Read More

Edward Owen Greening

Edward Owen Greening, 1836 - 1923, co-operator and social reformer, lived in ...

Read More

Other Subjects

J. Eastty

J. Eastty

Member of the Commissioners of the 1890 Bermondsey Library. c.1894-5 a J. Eastty living in Bermondsey was elected to serve on the committee of the Baptist Fund, and in 1887 the British Bee Journal...

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
James Taylor

James Taylor

in 1826 co-churchwarden of a church in Westminster.

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
John Stopher

John Stopher

Deputy Chairman of the Bridge House Estates Committee in 1935.

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Robert Voss, Jnr.

Robert Voss, Jnr.

Town Clerk of the Borough of Bethnal Green in 1902 and 1909. (A Robert Voss was one of Bethnal Green's vestry clerks in 1857 - perhaps related.) Referring to the records of Parmiter's Foundation B...

Person, Politics & Administration

2 memorials
Poplar Borough Council

Poplar Borough Council

In 1855, Poplar joined with neighbouring Bromley and Bow to form the Poplar District of the Metropolis. This became the Metropolitan Borough of Poplar in 1900. In 1965 it merged with the Metropolit...

Group, Politics & Administration

3 memorials

Previously viewed

Boris Johnson

Boris Johnson

Elected Mayor of London in 2008.  Born in New York City, but his family returned to the UK soon after and he was brought up in the UK.

Person, Politics & Administration, USA

4 memorials
Fig Tree Court

Fig Tree Court

Fig Tree Court , 1515 - 1666, was destroyed in the Great Fire of London, rebuilt in 1679 and again destroyed by enemy action 1940.

Building, Law

1 memorial
Robert Browning Settlement

Robert Browning Settlement

Inspired by East End schemes such as Toynbee Hall, this Settlement was established by Francis Herbert Stead (1857 – 1928, brother of W. T. Stead).  Francis was Congregationalist minister at York St...

Group, Philanthropy, Religion, Social Welfare

2 memorials
Royal Socity of Chemistry

Royal Socity of Chemistry

Formed as a merger of the Chemical Society, the Royal Institute of Chemistry, the Faraday Society and the Society for Analytical Chemistry. It carries out research, publishes journals, books and da...

Group, Science

6 memorials
Baron Carlo Marochetti

Baron Carlo Marochetti

Born Turin. Lived in France most of his life but escaped to London in 1848. Became Victoria and Albert's favourite sculptor. Buried in France. His 1864 statue of Sir Mark Cubbon, created in London...

Person, Sculpture, France, Italy

6 memorials