London borough. Formed from the former Metropolitan Borough of Battersea and much of the former area of the Metropolitan Borough of Wandsworth.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Wandsworth Council
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Wandsworth time capsule
In 1899 the Battersea Vestry became the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea.
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Wandsworth Council
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Albert Reginald Twyford
The plaque gives his first names as Reginald Albert in that order. However, h...
Alliott Verdon Roe - SW18
A. V. Roe, 1877 - 1958, aircraft pioneer and designer of AVRO aeroplanes, exp...
Battersea Park bandstand
Battersea Park was re-opened to the public by HRH The Duke of Edinburgh KG KT...
Biograph Theatre
Biograph Theatre opened 1908 as London's first licensed cinema. Originally th...
Brown Dog statue - original - lost
The structure is a reasonably standard late Victorian drinking fountain, in g...
Other Subjects
Major Edmund Leopold de Rothschild, CBE, TD
Financier and horticulturalist. He was born on 2 January 1916 in Westminster the second of the four children of Lionel Nathan de Rothschild (1882-1942) and Marie Louise Eugénie de Rothschild née B...
Person, Armed Forces, Commerce, Gardens / Agriculture, Politics & Administration
1 memorial
Nathaniel William Hubbard
Trustee of the Lambeth Hayles Estate development in 1894. Expanding on the information contained on London Wiki Fandom website, Nathaniel William Hubbard was born in 1846, the son of John Hubbard ...
1 memorial
Sir Duncan Randolph Wilson, CVO, CBE.
The Kensington and Chelsea Virtual Museum has a photo of the Wilsons' home in Sydney Place captioned with: "During his visits to England Hungarian composer Bela Bartok regularly stayed with Freda a...
Person, Community / Clubs, Friend / family, Politics & Administration
1 memorial
Councillor H. H. Sandford
Chairman Works Committee for the Chiltern Street car park in 1965. Luckily for us some of his miniature medals were auctioned in 2009 and the lot description gives some information about Flight Li...
1 memorial
Jonathan Thorp
Chairman of the Thames Navigation & Port of London Committee in 1857. We can’t find a picture of the man but here’s the cup he was presented with, inscribed: “Thames Navigation & Port of ...
2 memorials
Previously viewed
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Bust in Stratford - Beethoven
E15, Stratford High Street, 361, Borough Theatre
Researching this bust we failed to ID the man, and worse, we discovered that there was another bust on the building, obliterated by the 1...
1 subject commemorated
Admiral Edward Russell
WC2, King Street, 43, Thomas Archer House
In 1714 Russell was appointed First Lord of the Admiralty and that year he commissioned this house at 43 King Street from the architect T...
1 subject commemorated
Elizabeth Rusbridge (Gibbs)
Secretary and vice-president of the Old Greys' Association and pupil at the Grey Coat Hospital, 1933 - 1940. We take Gibbs to be her maiden name.
1 memorial
Heath & (Old) Hampstead Society / Hampstead Plaque Fund
The Hampstead Plaque fund was set up, many years ago, by Ralph Wade and has been administered by the Society ever since.
40 memorials
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