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

Lawrence Stevens

Lawrence Stevens

Builder and local politician. Born Stratford to a father with the same name and his wife Mary. From London Wikia: A member of the Rotherhithe Vestry, at the first election to the London County Coun...

Person, Politics & Administration, Property

1 memorial
Edward Atkinson

Edward Atkinson

Chairman of the Bridge House Estates Committee in 1886.

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Norman Harry Harding, OBE

Norman Harry Harding, OBE

Chairman of of the City Lands and Bridge House Estates Committee in 1982. Commoner on the City Lands & Bridge House Estates Committee, 1994.

Person, Politics & Administration

2 memorials
Sir Walter Raleigh

Sir Walter Raleigh

Courtier, explorer, author and puddle-coverer.  Born Devon.  Became a favourite of Queen Elizabeth I and explored Virginia, America, for her, enabling its colonisation.  Briefly imprisoned in the T...

Person, Exploring, Poetry, Politics & Administration, Seriously Famous, USA

3 memorials
Philip E. Hill

Philip E. Hill

Investment banker. Chairman of Beechams Pills Ltd in 1936. Chairman of Covent Garden Properties Company Limited, in 1933. The most interesting fact we can discover is that he moved into 68 Brook St...

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial

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William Andrews Nesfield

William Andrews Nesfield

The Regent's Park plaque has the date of birth as 1794 but this contradicts all the other sources we have found, which have 1793. Nesfield was a significant Victorian garden designer who had a rep...

Person, Gardens / Agriculture

1 memorial
Baron Friedrich von Hügel

Baron Friedrich von Hügel

Theologian. Born Florence, Italy. son of an Austrian nobleman/diplomat. Died London.

Person, Religion, Italy

1 memorial
St Mary le Bow

St Mary le Bow

There is archaeological evidence that a church has existed on the site in Cheapside since Saxon times and the current building was designed by Sir Christopher Wren. Its famous bells feature in the ...

Building, Religion

1 memorial
British Broadcasting Corporation

British Broadcasting Corporation

Also known as the BBC or more affectionately, the Beeb.  Founded as the British Broadcasting Company on 18 October 1922 to do test radio transmissions from Marconi House in the Strand.   On 14 Nove...

Group, Seriously Famous, TV & Radio

38 memorials
Bethnal Green Station

Bethnal Green Station

E2, Cambridge Heath Road

The station is on the Central line. It has four staircase exits/entrances, but no exterior building. Although it didn't actually open unt...

4 subjects commemorated, 1 creator