Group    From 1965 

Waltham Forest Council

Formed in 1965 from the joining of Chingford, Leyton and Walthamstow.

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Waltham Forest Council

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Alliott Verdon Roe - E17 (1)

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Chingford Mount Cemetery

Chingford Mount Cemetery Developed in 1884 by the Abney Park Cemetery Company...

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Cunard / Broadwest Film Studio

The Cunard / Broadwest Film Studio, 1914 - 1921. On this site stood one of th...

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Damon Albarn

Damon Albarn the British singer, songwriter, producer and composer, best know...

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Dave Shepherd

Dave Shepherd, Britain's acclaimed jazz clarinettist and bandleader, was born...

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Mary Elizabeth Sumner

Mary Elizabeth Sumner

Founded the Mothers’ Union in 1876.  Born as Mary Elizabeth Heywood in Lancashire. 1848 she married George Henry Sumner, son of C. R. Sumner, Bishop of Winchester, and a second cousin of William Wi...

Person, Gender Issues, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Robert H. Pearson

Robert H. Pearson

Co-churchwarden of Mary Abbots Church, Kensington, June 1879.

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
W. P. Wood

W. P. Wood

Hon. Treasurer of Hornsey Borough Council in 1907.

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Lord John Russell

Lord John Russell

Author, Prime Minister.  Born Hertford Street, Mayfair, the 3rd son of the Duke of Bedford. First Earl Russell. One of the Commissioners for the Great Exhibition, 1851.  Prime Minister: 1846-52, 18...

Person, Literature, Politics & Administration

4 memorials
Sir Christopher Collett

Sir Christopher Collett

Chairman of the Temple Bar Trust, 1993 - 2004.  Lord Mayor of London in 1989.  The picture comes from his niece's obituary webpage.

Person, Lord Mayor, Politics & Administration

3 memorials

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Sir Francis Galton

Sir Francis Galton

Biostatistician, human geneticist and eugenicist. Born at The Larches, Sparkbrook, Birmingham, a half-cousin of Charles Darwin. An enthusiastic traveller, particularly in Africa. Darwin's publicati...

Person, Exploring, Race Issues, Science, Africa

1 memorial
Joseph Merrick / John Merrick

Joseph Merrick / John Merrick

"The Elephant Man". Born Leicester. Began to develop severe abnormalities within a few years. By aged 17 his mother had died, his father and step-mother had rejected him, and failing to find a job,...

Person, Medicine

1 memorial
Timothy Gilbert

Timothy Gilbert

United Kingdom citizen who died in the terrorist attacks in America on 11 September 2001. Brother of Andrew Gilbert who also died in the attack. Timothy Paul Gilbert was born in 1966. He was marr...

Person, Tragedy, USA

1 memorial
Greater London Council

Greater London Council

Replaced the LCC. The GLC was abolished, some say, because Mrs Thatcher could not abide its left-wing politics, nor its leader, Ken Livingstone.  On its 50th anniversary Diamond Geezer posted a goo...

Group, Politics & Administration

241 memorials
Silver Thimble Fund

Silver Thimble Fund

Miss {Elizabeth} H. E. Hope-Clarke of Wimbledon, inspired by her own damaged silver thimble, started collecting damaged or unwanted thimbles and other trinkets to contribute to the war effort.  She...

Group, Benefactor

2 memorials