The Borough of Lewisham was formed as an amalgamation of the Metropolitan Boroughs of Deptford and Lewisham.
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Lewisham Borough Council
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Battle of Lewisham - Plaque
Remembering the Battle of Lewisham. Thousands united here against racism and ...
David Jones
David Jones CH, 1895 - 1974, artist, soldier, poet, lived at this address 189...
Dietrich Bonhoeffer - SE23
Dietrich Bonhoeffer, 1906 - 1945, theologian and pastor, lived here, 1933 - 1...
Edward Owen Greening
Edward Owen Greening, 1836 - 1923, co-operator and social reformer, lived in ...
Other Subjects
Yun Byung-Se
Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Korea in 2014.
1 memorial
Baroness Betty Boothroyd, O.M., P.C.
Betty Boothroyd was born on 8 October 2023 in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, the daughter of Ben Archibald Boothroyd (1886-1948) and Mary Boothroyd née Butterfield (1901-1982). In the 1939 England and...
1 memorial
1 memorial
John Prescott
Born in Wales as John Leslie Prescott. Deputy PM 1997 to 2007. During the 2001 election campaign he punched a protester who had hit him with an egg, and it was captured on camera. 2010 made Baron P...
2 memorials
John Ladley
Co-overseer of the Westminster Union workhouse in 1826. At The Book of the Bastiles we find in 1838 a Mr. Ladley as an overseer at Hanwell workhouse. Could be our Ladley.
1 memorial
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Stanley Bean Atkinson
Barrister-at-law, Stepney Borough Councillor, guardian of the poor, member of Metropolitan Asylums Board. On top of his legal qualifications he also studied medicine at St Bartholomew's. Died aged ...
1 memorial
Sir Francis Galton
Biostatistician, human geneticist and eugenicist. Born at The Larches, Sparkbrook, Birmingham, a half-cousin of Charles Darwin. An enthusiastic traveller, particularly in Africa. Darwin's publicati...
1 memorial
Christine Murrell
Doctor and psychologist. Born 1 Jeffrey's Road, Clapham Road. Set up a private practice in Bayswater with her lifelong partner and friend Dr Elizabeth Honor Bone. First woman to be elected to the C...
1 memorial
Georges Cuvier
French naturalist and zoologist, sometimes referred to as the "founding father of paleontology". Cuvier was a major figure in natural sciences research in the early 19th century and was instrumenta...
1 memorial
1 memorial