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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Mathias Prime Lucas

Mathias Prime Lucas

Alderman and President of St Barts Hospital in 1842.

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Alexander McLeod

Alexander McLeod

One of the founders (1868) of Royal Arsenal Co-operative Society (RACS). First full-time secretary from 1882 until his death. He was the son of Skye crofters and served an apprenticeship of five y...

Person, Commerce, Politics & Administration, Scotland

2 memorials
Senator Robert Kennedy

Senator Robert Kennedy

Born at Boston, Massachusetts. Assassinated at Los Angeles, California while campaigning for the Democratic nomination for President of the United States.

Person, Politics & Administration, Seriously Famous, USA

1 memorial
Henry James Felton

Henry James Felton

Chairman of Cripplegate Institute in 1894. Henry James Felton is listed as a churchwarden at St Giles Cripplegate in 1885 and as a vestryman in 1887. His son, Charles Page Felton, attended City of...

Person, Industry, Liveries & Guilds, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Dennis Robinson

Dennis Robinson

Past Prime Warden of The Worshipful Company of Basketmakers and father of John Robinson.

Person, Politics & Administration

0 memorials

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Archibald William Cockburn

Archibald William Cockburn

Archibald William Cockburn of Cockpen (of Scottish heritage), QC and judge. Treasurer of the Temple Church in 1969.  Married Jacqueline in May 1933 at St George's Hanover Square. They had no children.

Person, Friend / family

1 memorial
Elizabeth Colecott
War dead non-military, WW2
1 memorial
Jane Beatty

Jane Beatty

United Kingdom citizen who died in the terrorist attacks in America on 11 September 2001. She was born Jane S. Chrystal on 2 June 1948 in the hamlet of Isle of Man, Dumfries, Dumfriesshire, Scotla...

Person, Tragedy, Scotland, USA

1 memorial
Bovril

Bovril

The trademarked name of a thick, salty meat extract developed in the 1870s by John Lawson Johnson. It is made in Burton upon Trent and is now (2013) owned and distributed by Unilever UK. The first ...

Concept, Food & Drink

1 memorial