Group    From 1965 

London Borough of Haringey

Created in 1965 by the amalgamation of three former boroughs: Hornsey, Wood Green and Tottenham.

2007 - 10, Haringey Council ran its own historic plaques scheme to commemorate notable or famous local former residents.

Spelling: on creation this council chose the spelling Haringey, but it is not universally adopted by any means, and in the records Harringay is frequently used. We are as confused as anyone.

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London Borough of Haringey

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Bernie Grant

Bernie Grant 1944 - 2000, trade unionist, council leader, member of parliamen...

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Charlotte Riddell

Unveiled on International Women's Day.

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Conscientious Objectors WW1 - Haringey

Yes, there are two different (but correct) spellings of the name of the borou...

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Councillor's Walk

We've transcribed this inscription correctly and, being the pedants that we a...

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David Greig - N8

David Greig, 1865 - 1952, founder of the chain of grocers and Hornsey schools...

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Other Subjects

A. H. Burfoot

A. H. Burfoot

Clerk to the Governors of Guy's Hospital in 1964.

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Humphrey Salwey

Humphrey Salwey

Supported the Parliamentary cause and sat in the House of Commons 1640-52. Buried Westminster Abbey. When Charles II was restored to the throne he ordered the disinterment of the bodies of Oliver ...

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Sir John Samuel Purcell, K.C.B.

Sir John Samuel Purcell, K.C.B.

John Samuel Purcell was born on 31 May 1839 in Ireland, a son of Dr John Francis Powell who was a Physician in Ordinary to successive Lords-Lieutenant of Ireland and later an Irish Poor Law Commiss...

Person, Armed Forces, Politics & Administration, Ireland

1 memorial
Long Parliament

Long Parliament

Convened by Charles I, this got its strange name because, through an act of Parliament (passed by, erm, itself) it could not be dissolved unless the members agreed and they didn't, not until after ...

Event, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
R. E. H. Goffin

R. E. H. Goffin

Robert Edwin Hemblington Goffin was born in 1836 in Highgate, Middlesex, the eldest of the eleven children of John Breeze Goffin (1799-1874) and Martha Goffin née Hall (1810-1891). On 9 October 183...

Person, Education, Politics & Administration

1 memorial

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King George III

King George III

Born in St James's Square (not the public garden, one of the houses, obviously). Crowned in 1760, the first monarch since Queen Anne to be truly British. It was during his rule that many of the Ame...

Person, Race Issues, Royalty, Seriously Famous

16 memorials
Unknown warrior

Unknown warrior

The idea of a ceremonial burial for an unknown soldier came from a WW1 Army padre, Rev. David Railton.  The French and the British acted on the idea in 1920 and over the years many other countries ...

Person, Armed Forces, Religion

1 memorial
Battle of Trafalgar

Battle of Trafalgar

A sea battle that took place off Cape Trafalgar on the south west coast of Spain. Nelson led the British fleet to a decisive victory which permanently removed the threat of invasion of England by t...

Event, Armed Forces, France, Spain

9 memorials
Art Fund

Art Fund

"Helping museums and galleries buy art for everyone to enjoy".  Previously known as the National Art Collections Fund.

Group, Art, Benefactor

4 memorials
Grafitti Life
1 memorial