Building    From 1895  To 1948

Rotherhithe Old Town Hall

 Built in 1895 by the architects Murray and Foster.  The caryatides can be seen in the image either side of the entrance at the right.

In 1905 Rotherhithe merged with Bermondsey and St Olave and the new Bermondsey Borough Council used Bermondsey Town Hall. The old Rotherhithe Town Hall became a library and a museum. It was badly damaged in WW2 being hit on six different occasions. Our date of demolition is a guess.

The site is now, 2019, occupied by the Mayflower Tenants Association Hall, a much less imposing building.

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Rotherhithe Old Town Hall

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Sir Alfred Seale Haslam

Sir Alfred Seale Haslam

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Person, Benefactor, Engineering, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Janet Scrutton

Janet Scrutton

Churchwarden of St James's, Piccadilly

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
John Fox Burgoyne

John Fox Burgoyne

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Person, Armed Forces, Politics & Administration, Crimea, Ireland

1 memorial
David Isaacs

David Isaacs

Alderman in St Marylebone.  Ran a business as estate agent and surveyor in St Marylebone from 1901 and was in the local government there, as a Conservative, for over 30 years. Projects that he prom...

Person, Benefactor, Politics & Administration

2 memorials
Ram Mohun Roy

Ram Mohun Roy

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Person, Politics & Administration, Religion, India

1 memorial

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Henry Weekes

Henry Weekes

Sculptor.  Born Canterbury.

Person, Sculpture

5 memorials
Dan Parkes

Dan Parkes

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Person, Craft / Design

1 memorial
World War 2

World War 2

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Event, Armed Forces, Tragedy

379 memorials
Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School

Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School

Queen Elizabeth I granted the charter in 1573.  Set up in the Barnet Tudor Hall the school did not relocate until 1932 when it moved the short distance to Queen's Road.

Group, Education

2 memorials
World War 1

World War 1

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Event, Armed Forces, Tragedy

403 memorials