It was amalgamated under the London Government Act of 1963, with the Metropolitan Borough of Kensington to form the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
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Metropolitan Borough of Chelsea
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Grove Buildings
Grove Buildings Erected in 1909 by the Council of the Metropolitan Borough of...
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Metropolitan Borough of Chelsea
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Roper's Garden
Parachute mines were used in the early 40s; the end of the war was characteri...
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H. Munroe
Hon. Treasurer of the Council of the Hornsey Central Hospital in 1924.
1 memorial
John Thelwall
Orator, writer and elocutionist. Born in Covent Garden. It was as a political activist that he became well known. He was tried for treason and spent some time in the Tower of London and Newgate. He...
1 memorial
Robert Lowe, Viscount Sherbrooke
Politician. Born Nottinghamshire. An albino, he suffered poor and deteriorating eyesight so emigrated to Australia in 1841 in the hope of making a quick fortune before going blind. There he est...
1 memorial
Stoke Newington Town Hall
Designed by the architect J. Reginald Truelove in the art deco style. Its assembly hall became popular with a variety of entertainments. In 1965 Stoke Newington was absorbed into the Borough of Hac...
1 memorial
Borough of Hampstead
A Metropolitan borough of the County of London. It was amalgamated with the Metropolitan Boroughs of St Pancras and Holborn to form the London Borough of Camden.
3 memorials
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Waltham Forest Town Hall war memorial
E17, Forest Road
The expression "our glorious dead" suggests that this memorial was raised to the dead in the armed forces only and not to any civilian dead.
War dead | Other war
4 subjects commemorated
4 subjects commemorated
Victoria Coach Station
Art Deco style purpose-built coach station, the largest in Britain. Opened by London Coastal Coaches, an association of coach operators. Architects were Wallis, Gilbert and Partners. Ian Visits g...
1 memorial
King George VI
Became king when his brother, Edward VIII, abdicated. Like his father George V, he was born a second son and rather unexpectedly ascended to the throne. Like his grandfather, Edward VII, he was bor...
26 memorials
Hornsey British Legion
N8, Elder Avenue, Earl Haig Memorial Hall
This double plaque is under the window on the left. Sir Philip Sassoon was ADC to Douglas Haig in WW1. In 2008 we visited this area and ...
2 subjects commemorated,
6 creators
Turk's Head Charity
From the Picture source website: "The Turk’s Head was bought from the Council and renovated by our charity in 1992. Now it provides a café and affordable workspace and the rental income pays our ch...
2 memorials
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