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
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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, expe...
Battersea Park bandstand
Battersea Park was re-opened to the public by HRH The Duke of Edinburgh KG KT...
Brown Dog statue - original - lost
The structure is a reasonably standard late Victorian drinking fountain, in g...
Clapham Sect - SW11
The Clapham Sect. Members of the British anti-slavery movement met at Batters...
Other Subjects
Lord Claud John Hamilton
Second son of 1st Duke of Abercorn. Educated at Harrow. 1872 became a Director of the Great Eastern Railway and was Chairman, 1893 - 1922.
2 memorials
United States constitution
This was partly based on Magna Carta.
1 memorial
William Nicholson
Distiller, politician, cricket player, benefactor. Born Upper Holloway into a gin distillery family. They made Lamplighter gin at Three Mills on the River Lea. The business moved into running pu...
1 memorial
Sir Joseph Savory, MP
Born Clapton. Alderman on the Bridge House Estates Committee, 1894. Lord Mayor of London 1890-1.
1 memorial
Thomas Emley Young
A brief résumé of the man can be found on the Gerontology Wiki website. Thomas Emley Young was born c.1844 in Newcastle, Northumberland, the eldest of the six children of Thomas James Young (1819-...
1 memorial