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.
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
London Borough of Haringey
Bernie Grant 1944 - 2000, trade unionist, council leader, member of parliamen...
Yes, there are two different (but correct) spellings of the name of the borou...
We've transcribed this inscription correctly and, being the pedants that we a...
David Greig, 1865 - 1952, founder of the chain of grocers and Hornsey schools...
Born Plumstead. David was a director of St John's, Smith Square Charitable Trust, 14 Oct 1997 - 27 Jan 2010. Died at St Mary’s Paddington. We are grateful to David's son, Shaun, for the information...
Trinidadian historian, journalist, socialist and political activist. A pioneering and influential voice in postcolonial literature. Born Cyril Lionel Robert James in Trinidad. An early athlete and ...
Person, Literature, Politics & Administration, Race Issues, Sport / Games, Caribbean Islands
Constable of Baynard's Castle. Led the 25 barons who negotiated with King John to create the Magna Carta. Our image shows his seal.
I871 the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Robert Lowe, proposed a tax on matches. The Bryant and May workers, mainly girls, realised this threatened their jobs and marched in protest on the House of C...
Artist and diplomat. Born in Siegen, Westphalia (modern day Germany). He studied art in Antwerp and Venice, and entered the service of Vincenzo Gonzago, Duke of Mantua, where he began a parallel ca...
Person, Art, Politics & Administration, Seriously Famous, Belgium, Germany, Italy
Pan Am 103 flying Heathrow to New York's JFK was destroyed by a bomb over Lockerbie, Scotland. 270 were killed: 243 passengers, 16 crew, 11 on the ground.
Being at a junction the address has been given as 26 King Street which certainly is more definitive than the Gresham Street address which seems to have fluctuated widely. Pubwiki gives: "in the 184...
Poet, novelist and Christian minister. Born Aberdeenshire. Works include: 'At the Back of the North Wind', 'Lilith'. Influenced: C. S. Lewis, G. K. Chesterton, W. H. Auden, Tolkien. Died at Ashtead...
Charles de Sousy Ricketts. Artist, illustrator, author. Half French he was born in Geneva and brought up in Switzerland, London, France. He met his life partner, Charles Shannon, on his 16th birthd...
Previously known as Sculpture at Goodwood this commissions sculpture and displays it in a lovely sculpture park near Chichester.
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