Group    From 1900  To 1965

Shoreditch Borough Council

The Metropolitan Borough of Shoreditch was created in 1900.  In 1965 it was merged with Stoke Newington and Hackney to form the London Borough of Hackney.

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This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Shoreditch Borough Council

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Stonebridge Estate

At first we thought the plaque was deliberately mounted at a jaunty angle but...

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This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Shoreditch Borough Council

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Passmore Edwards drinking fountain - N1

We love the elaborately correct use of English: "... in the acquisition of wh...

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Wallace drinking fountain

The plaque explains why this fountain look so familiar to anyone who has walk...

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Wenlock Barn Estate

The plaque is on the first floor balcony, in our photo partly hidden by tree ...

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Other Subjects

Jewish expulsion and resettlement

Jewish expulsion and resettlement

In 1290 Edward I expelled Jews from England and for centuries, apart from those that practised their religion in secret, there were no Jews in England.  In 1657, following a petition to Cromwell an...

Event, Politics & Administration, Religion

4 memorials
Jennie M. Elias

Jennie M. Elias

Chairman of the Trustees of the President Reagan Memorial Fund Trust U.K.  The picture shows her with Thatcher.

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
A. W. Maycock

A. W. Maycock

Councillor in the Borough of Hammersmith in 1948.

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Daniel Greenaway

Daniel Greenaway

Commoner on the Bridge House Estates Committee, 1894.

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
W. H. Goddrun

W. H. Goddrun

Churchwarden of St Mary's Harmondsworth in 1885.

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial

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Charles W. Toms

Charles W. Toms

One of the Deacons at the Wandsworth chapel who provided lectures and popular entertainments during the week for the working classes. Active in 1883. Is it possible that he could be the Charles W. ...

Person, Community / Clubs, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Federica Baldassa

Federica Baldassa

Killed by a Greggs delivery vehicle at about 21.20 on a Friday evening, aged 26.  The lorry was turning left into Bloomsbury Square (some yards west of the site of the ghost bike). Came here fro...

Person, Cyclist, Tragedy, Italy

1 memorial
Adelphi Theatre Restaurant

Adelphi Theatre Restaurant

Grade II Listed.  In 1878 Agostino and Stefano Gatti bought the Adelphi Theatre lease and the adjacent building then called the Marble Halls.  In the building next to the theatre Spencer Chadwick d...

Building, Food & Drink

1 memorial
Louise Soloway

Louise Soloway

Sculptor.  Born and educated in London.  The picture shows her at the Mendoza unveiling in 2008.  See Topic Asia for more information.

Person, Sculpture

1 memorial
Olaudah Equiano - Tottenham Street

Olaudah Equiano - Tottenham Street

W1, Tottenham Street, 37

Olaudah Equiano, "The African" (1745 - 1797) abolitionist, lived at this address in 1788. His book "The Interesting Narrative" was a best...

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator