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
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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
Dr Josiah Oldfield
Lawyer, physician, and writer on health. And creator of hospitals - read on. Born Shrewsbury. At Oxford University he became a vegetarian and a friend of Gandhi. First qualified as a barrister and...
1 memorial
W. H. Fowler
Director of the Brilliant Sign Company in 1938.
1 memorial
Captain George Sampson Elliston
Born Ipswich. Trained as a barrister. In WW1 he served in the Royal Army Medical Corp and rose to be captain. He was awarded a Military Cross on 3 June 1918. 1929 became a Member of the Corporation...
1 memorial
George Kelham
Chairman of the statue Committee at Woolwich town hall in 1905. The Church Bells of Kent refers to an Alderman George Kelham of Riverston, Wrottesley Road, funding a bell for St Margarets church, ...
1 memorial
Peter Tatchell
Campaigner for human rights, gay freedom and social justice. Co-founder of Outrage!. Born Australia and began his campaigning there. To avoid conscription he moved to London in 1971 and here began ...
1 memorial
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King Henry I
King of England 1100 - 1135. Fourth son of William the Conqueror, possibly born in Yorkshire. Father to Empress Matilda / Empress Maud. Died in Normandy which he had conquered in 1106.
2 memorials
1 memorial
Worshipful Company of Poulters
From The Poulters Charter: In 1727 John Newman left his property in Budge Row to the Poulters Company who, we believe, always used it to generate income rather than for their own purposes. The Pou...
2 memorials
Henry Fielding
Novelist, playwright. Born Somerset. Half-brother to Sir John Fielding. Lived in Bow Street and Essex Street. Play: The Miser. Novels: Joseph Andrews, Tom Jones. As magistrate he carried out a numb...
2 memorials
William Booth
Founded the Salvation Army. Born Nottingham. Came to London in 1849 to find better paid work and became a travelling lay preacher for the Methodists. Married Catherine Mumford in 1855. With his...
6 memorials
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