Group    From 1965 

Wandsworth Council

London borough. Formed from the former Metropolitan Borough of Battersea and much of the former area of the Metropolitan Borough of Wandsworth.

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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.

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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...

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Alliott Verdon Roe - SW18

A. V. Roe, 1877 - 1958, aircraft pioneer and designer of AVRO aeroplanes, exp...

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Battersea Park bandstand

Battersea Park was re-opened to the public by HRH The Duke of Edinburgh KG KT...

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Biograph Theatre

Biograph Theatre opened 1908 as London's first licensed cinema. Originally th...

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Brown Dog statue - original - lost

The structure is a reasonably standard late Victorian drinking fountain, in g...

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Other Subjects

Thomas Midwinter

Thomas Midwinter

Co-churchwarden of Christ Church Spitalfields, 1843 - 46, at least.

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
William Evans

William Evans

Businessman and Sheriff of London and Middlesex, 1839-40. The image of Evans has a small drawing at the bottom captioned: "Interior of the room in which Mr Sheriff Evans was confined".  This set u...

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Zachary Macaulay

Zachary Macaulay

Anti-slavery campaigner. Born Scotland. Aged 16 emigrated to Jamaica and saw slavery first hand as a slave overseer on a sugar plantation. Returned to England 1789. Sister Jean’s husband, Thomas Ba...

Person, Politics & Administration, Race Issues, Africa, Jamaica, Scotland

4 memorials
John Major

John Major

Prime Minister 1990–7.

Person, Politics & Administration

3 memorials
Henry James Bridges, first duke of Chandos

Henry James Bridges, first duke of Chandos

Born the son of a Herefordshire squire. His first wife's dowry included the Canons estate in Little Stanmore. He remodelled the house and in 1715 practically rebuilt the estate's church of St. Lawr...

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial

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Henry Dalziel, VC

Henry Dalziel, VC

Awarded the VC for his heroism on 4 July 1918, age 25, while serving in the 15th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force. "Having silenced every gun in one direction, an enemy gun opened up from a dif...

Person, Armed Forces

War served, WW1
1 memorial