Formed in 1965 from the joining of Chingford, Leyton and Walthamstow.
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This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Waltham Forest Council
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Alliott Verdon Roe - E17 (1)
There is another identical plaque (not photgraphed) on the other side of the ...
Chingford Mount Cemetery
Chingford Mount Cemetery Developed in 1884 by the Abney Park Cemetery Company...
Cunard / Broadwest Film Studio
The Cunard / Broadwest Film Studio, 1914 - 1921. On this site stood one of th...
Damon Albarn
Damon Albarn the British singer, songwriter, producer and composer, best know...
Dave Shepherd
Dave Shepherd, Britain's acclaimed jazz clarinettist and bandleader, was born...
Other Subjects
1 memorial
David Ingman
David Charles Ingham was born on 22 March 1928, the younger son of Charles Ingman (1896-1983) and Hetty Muriel Ingham née Bevan (1897-1974). His father was a chemical engineer. The 1939 England and...
1 memorial
Robert Besley
Alderman and Lord Mayor of London, 1869 - 70. Typefounder and and punchcutter, credited with cutting the first Clarendon, a fat typeface with thick slabs, the first ever registered typeface. The ...
2 memorials
William Henry Matthews
J.P., Churchwarden and chairman of the St Pancras Vestry in 1897.
2 memorials
Henry Cecil Raikes
MP, Postmaster General, in 1886 - 91. One of the first British politicians to have his voice recorded for posterity, by Thomas Edison's British agent.
2 memorials
Previously viewed
Bela Bartok
Composer and pianist. Born Béla Viktor János Bartók in Nagyszentmiklós in the Kingdom of Hungary (now Romania). He was greatly influenced by Zoltán Kodály and they travelled together, collecting fo...
2 memorials
First underground passenger railway - Metropolitan
Between Paddington and Farringdon. A grand opening on the 9th preceded the opening to the public on Saturday 10 January 1863. “That afternoon Hetta trusted herself all alone to the mysteries of th...
4 memorials
Precision Film Studio
Founded by brothers David William and Thomas J. Gobbett, it was the first purpose-built film studio in Walthamstow. It produced few notable films, but one, 'Anarchy in England' retold the story (us...
1 memorial
Eric Ellington Doorly
Captain Eric Ellington Doorly was born on 1 December 1920 in East Orange, Essex County, New Jersey, USA, the youngest of the three children of Edward Doorly (1873-1952) and Hallie R. Doorly née Mar...
War served, WW2
1 memorial
Bow Library
One of many public libraries founded by John Passmore Edwards. Designed by S. B. Russell, it is a Grade II listed building and features the ornate 'Macullum' clock, which is named after a local ph...
2 memorials
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