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.
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...
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...
Wallace drinking fountain
The plaque explains why this fountain look so familiar to anyone who has walk...
Wenlock Barn Estate
The plaque is on the first floor balcony, in our photo partly hidden by tree ...
Other Subjects
Robert Voss, Jnr.
Town Clerk of the Borough of Bethnal Green in 1902 and 1909. (A Robert Voss was one of Bethnal Green's vestry clerks in 1857 - perhaps related.) Referring to the records of Parmiter's Foundation B...
2 memorials
Alderman T. J. Boyce
Member of Housing Committee, Diss Street 1922.
2 memorials
Tom Goodway
Poplar councillor imprisoned during the 1921 rates protest.
1 memorial
William Mansfield, First Viscount Sandhurst
Lord Chamberlain 1912 - 1921. Note: Wikipedia use the same photo for our Sandhurst (b.1855) as for his father (b. 1819). From the age of the other man Colin Campbell in the photo it is clear tha...
1 memorial
Councillor A. C. Shearing
Architect of the British Legion Hornsey in 1929.
1 memorial
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War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Mary Fletcher
Methodist deaconess. Born Mary Bosanquet at Leytonstone Manor (or Forest House, depending on source), Leytonstone, Essex. A close friend of John Wesley, her house served as a meeting place for pray...
1 memorial
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Worshipful Company of Innholders
Taverns and alehouses provided drink and possibly food, whereas inns also provided bed and board for you and your horses. Innholders received their first charter from Henry VIII in 1514
1 memorial
Rotherhithe Picture Research Library
An educational charity, opened as part of Sands Films Studio, and situated in the same Grade II listed building. The library is home to thousands of old photographs, postcards and magazines. Pictur...
1 memorial
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