Formed under the London Government Act 1963, by the merger of the Municipal Borough of Mitcham, the Municipal Borough of Wimbledon and the Merton and Morden Urban District, all formerly within Surrey.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
London Borough of Merton
Wimbledon Village Improvement Scheme 1964 Completed by Wimbledon Village Asso...
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
London Borough of Merton
{Beside the London Borough of Merton coat of arms:} Eagle House A fine Queen ...
{Around the London Borough of Merton coat of arms:} Merton Place. Sixty metr...
{Next to the crest of Merton Council:} Mitcham Court The centre portion, firs...
The artist's website has a photo of the textured surface in the studio. Our ...
{Next to the Borough of Merton crest:} The Round School Built in 1758 as a ch...
Founded in 1884. Their website states "The Fabian Society is the UK's only membership-based left of centre think tank" and provides the following: "The Fabian Society was founded in 1884 as a socia...
Member of Parliament for Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire from 1835 until his death. When he fell ill, his doctor, Robert Bentley Todd, prescribed 'Six pints of brandy to be drunk in 72 hours' as a cu...
District Officer in the St John Ambulance Brigade, Metropolitan Corps, 1891-1936. Officer in the Order of St John.
Person, Emergency Services, Medicine, Politics & Administration
General manager of Crystal Palace 1914-49. Henry James Buckland was born in Maidstone. Lived at Rockhills, 1922-56. Knighted in 1931. Died Bromley, Kent. The Palace burnt down in 1936 and Buckland...
District Staff Officer in the St John Ambulance Brigade, No. 1 District, 1909-1940. Officer in the Order of St John. The Straits Times, 29 September 1940, Page 2 carried an obituary: "WESTMINSTER ...
Person, Emergency Services, Medicine, Politics & Administration, Tragedy
Furniture designer. In 1929 he founded the firm of Wells Coates and Partners, with the name changing to Isokon in 1931. The name was derived from Isometric Unit Construction.
Alderman and Lord Mayor of London, 1869 - 70. Typefounder and and punchcutter, credited with cutting the first Clarendon, a fat typeface with thick slabs, the first ever registered typeface. The ...
This ornate extravaganza, designed by the splendidly named Fitzroy Doll, was built in 1898. Ornamental Passions has a good post about the...
We'd always assumed that this war was known as the Great War until WW2 came along at which point it was renamed as World War One or the First World War. But the term was first used in print in 1920...
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