Group    From 1965 

Newham Council

West Ham was merged with parts of Barking and Woolwich to form the London Borough of Newham in 1965.

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Newham Council

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Charlie Paynter

Charlie Paynter, 1879 - 1970, lived here. West Ham United FC manager 1932 - 1...

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Daisy Parsons

Daisy Parsons, MBE, 1890 - 1957, first female Mayor of West Ham. London Borou...

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Dame Vera Lynn - E7

This sign was installed to celebrate Lynn's 100th birthday, but we don't know...

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Dame Vera Lynn - Ladysmith Avenue

Lynn lived in this street from the age of 4 -21. The street name panel was in...

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Grove Gardens - restored

"These gardens" no longer surround this monument as apparently they once did....

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T. N. Day

T. N. Day

Co-churchwarden of St. Matthias Church, E1, in 1887.

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
J. H. Bate

J. H. Bate

On the committee of the Stratford Co-operative and Industrial Society in 1919.

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Freedom Press

Freedom Press

Anarchist publishing house in Whitechapel. Co-founded by Peter Kropotkin as an outlet and meeting place for the radical and anarchist thinkers of the day and has operated, with short breaks, ever s...

Group, Commerce, Community / Clubs, Politics & Administration

3 memorials
Councillor P. Bridger

Councillor P. Bridger

Councillor on the Bethnal Green Housing Committee in 1937.

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Tim Yau, MBE

Tim Yau, MBE

President of the 12th Executive Committee of London Chinatown Chinese Association. His name appears twice on the lion monument and it may be Uau or Yau.

Person, Commerce, Politics & Administration, Tourism / Traditions, China/Hong Kong

1 memorial

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S. J. Pratchett

S. J. Pratchett

Resident of the Central Ward, Hendon who served and died in WW1.

Person, Armed Forces

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
St Silas cross

St Silas cross

N1, Penton Street, St Silas Church

Unusually this memorial was erected before the end of the war. There may be more but the only other one we know of is at St Botolphs.

2 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
Innholders' Hall - 2

Innholders' Hall - 2

EC4, College Street, 29-30

Seems this site was given to the Innholders in 1920-21 by Cronin and Wylde, then an oil bomb destroyed it on the night of 10th May 1941, ...

2 subjects commemorated, 2 creators
G. J. Roscoe

G. J. Roscoe

J. Lyons & Co. Ltd. staff member who died in WW1.

Person, Armed Forces

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Hilda Hewlett

Hilda Hewlett

SW11, Vardens Road, 4

The plaque is located on the site of her first factory which was called the Omnia Works.

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator