Bethnal Green was formed as a civil parish from the Bethnal Green hamlet in Stepney ancient parish. 1889 it became part of the County of London. 1900 it became a metropolitan borough. 1965 it was abolished and merged into the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. See Simon de Montfort for an explanation of the image.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Metropolitan Borough of Bethnal Green
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Peachey-Edwards
Peachey Edwards House This block was built in 2004 by Swan Housing Associatio...
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Metropolitan Borough of Bethnal Green
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Bethnal Green Library war memorial
On our first visit there was no plaque, but the 'ghost' marks on the plinth s...
Bethnal Green Town Hall
Borough of Bethnal Green This stone was laid Sept. 23rd 1909 by the Mayor A. ...
Burnham Estate
Metropolitan Borough of Bethnal Green, Burnham Estate This stone was laid by ...
Diss Street re-housing scheme
Metropolitan Borough of Bethnal Green Diss Street Re-housing Scheme This comm...
Lenin Estate / Parmiter Street Housing
Metropolitan Borough of Bethnal Green Parmiter Street Re-housing Scheme This ...
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Thomas Neale MP
Entrepreneur, the organiser of England's first lottery. Known as 'The Great Projector' although the layout of the Seven Dials area is his only surviving London project. Neal Street and Neal's Yard...
1 memorial
Lord Richard Haldane
Politician and educationalist. Born Richard Burdon Haldane at 17 Charlotte Square, Edinburgh. Entered parliament in 1879. As Secretary of State for War, he founded the Territorial Army and made the...
1 memorial
George Croydon Marks
Engineer and politician. Born in Eltham. He was apprenticed at the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich. In 1882 he joined Tangye Ltd in Birmingham and became head of the lifting-machinery department and an exp...
1 memorial
Sir Victor Horsley
Scientist and soldier. Born Victor Alexander Haden Horsley in 2 Tor Villas, Campden Hill, Kensington. As a physician, he developed many practical neurosurgical techniques and was the first person t...
Person, Armed Forces, Medicine, Politics & Administration, Egypt, France, Iraq
1 memorial
Miriam Moses
Social reformer, OBE, JP. Born 17 Princelet Street. (The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography has "19" but perhaps the street was renumbered when it was renamed from Princes to Princelet Street....
2 memorials
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Designed by James Brooks. Located at 217 - 223 Kingsland Road, E2, it is now the Christ Apostolic Church.
1 memorial
Lancashire Fusiliers
A line infantry regiment of the British Army. It had many different titles throughout its 280 years of existence. It eventually amalgamated with the other regiments of the Fusilier Brigade to form ...
1 memorial
Greater London Council
Replaced the LCC. The GLC was abolished, some say, because Mrs Thatcher could not abide its left-wing politics, nor its leader, Ken Livingstone. On its 50th anniversary Diamond Geezer posted a goo...
241 memorials
Arthur Rackham
Painter and illustrator. Born at 2 St James's Terrace, Lambeth. Studied at the Lambeth School of Art. He illustrated books such as 'Peter Pan' and his own 'Arthur Rackham Fairy Book', with a style ...
1 memorial
Maxwell Ayrton
Architect. Born Ormrod Maxwell Ayrton. His best known work was the former Wembley Stadium, designed with Sir John Simpson, which was originally part of the British Empire Exhibition. He was a pione...
1 memorial
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