Designed by John Knight, this originally opened as Leyton Town Hall. It was outgrown and a replacement town hall was built next door in 1896. The empty building was later repurposed as a library.
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Leyton Library
Leyton Library Grade II listed building, designed by John Knight in an Italia...
Founded by the American Rev. J. Brett Langstaff. The picture is from 1947. The New York Times, 19 March 1922 carries a letter reporting on a performance of a play for the benefit of this library....
Born Camden Place, Southampton Street, Camberwell. Bibliographer and forger. An authority on the lives and works of Shelley and Keats. He also had a lifelong career in the Post Office and was award...
Person, Journalism / Publishing, Literature, Museums / Libraries, Politics & Administration
Born Wisconsin, USA, moved to London in 1880 for business reasons. Pharmacist, founder of the Wellcome Trust and Foundation. His collection of books & artefacts relating to the history of medic...
Person, Benefactor, Industry, Medicine, Museums / Libraries, USA
From Cotswoldsaonb: "Olive Lloyd-Baker was born ... the middle of three daughters of Michael Granville Lloyd-Baker, eldest son and heir to the Estate. There are glimpses of her strong character in ...
Person, Gardens / Agriculture, Museums / Libraries, Politics & Administration
16 years between the laying of the foundation stone in 1982 and the opening in 1998. The Independent explains the delay: "The reason it has taken so long to build ... has relatively little to do w...
London Borough. Formed from the Municipal Boroughs of Wembley and Willesden of Middlesex. Its name derives from the River Brent which runs through the borough.
From the picture source website: "Modern in outlook, at Belmont & Lowe we value our heritage which dates back to 1756. From our roots in The Temple and The City comes our founding principle of ...
Our colleague Andrew Behan has kindly researched this man: Reginald Bland Goy was born on 3 January 1914, the second son and the third of the five children of Walter Richard Edward Goy and Elizabet...
Poet. Born on the island of Zakynthos (then part of the Venetian Republic). In 1802 his father took him and his brother to a Greek community in Livorno, Italy and he never saw his mother again. He ...
Fictional aunt of the equally fictitious Phileas Fogg who is the central character in the novel 'Around the World in Eighty Days' by Jules Verne.
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