91³Ô¹ÏÍø

Plaque

Hugh Gaitskell House

Erection date: 9/5/1964

Inscription

{The top plaque:}
These flats erected for the Stoke Newington Borough Council were opened by Baroness Gaitskell of Egremont on the 9th May 1964.

{The lower plaque:}
They were refurbished for the London Borough of Hackney and reopened by her daughter Julia McNeal on 18th August 1997.

Site: Hugh Gaitskell House (1 memorial)

N16, Stamford Hill

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesof london.co.uk

Comments are provided by Facebook, please ensure you are signed in to see them

This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Hugh Gaitskell House

Subjects commemorated i

Hugh Gaitskell

Statesman. Born London. Labour MP and leader of the party from 1955 until his...

91³Ô¹ÏÍø

This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Hugh Gaitskell House

Created by i

Hackney Council

Hackney Council was created in 1965 from the 3 Metropolitan Borough Councils ...

91³Ô¹ÏÍø

Stoke Newington Borough Council

Formed from the Vestry of Stoke Newington Parish in the County of London, and...

91³Ô¹ÏÍø

Baroness Gaitskell

Politician. Born Dora Creditor near Riga, Latvia, and known as Anna. Her fami...

91³Ô¹ÏÍø

Julia McNeal

Elder daughter of Hugh and Dora Gaitskell. NPG have a photo of the family wit...

91³Ô¹ÏÍø

Nearby Memorials

St Mary Somerset  - Ewan Christian

St Mary Somerset - Ewan Christian

EC4, Lambeth Hill, St Mary's Somerset Church

The dates given on the plaque are about the time that the church ceased functioning and was demolished but we can't explain the exact dates.

2 subjects commemorated
Ruth Ling

Ruth Ling

SW4, Clapham Common Northside, 1

From Clapham Society: The architect of this library was "Edward Blakeway I’Anson .. who had grown up in Clapham. The builder was the loca...

1 subject commemorated
Nightengale Street Buildings

Nightengale Street Buildings

NW8, Salisbury Street, Morris House

Nightingale Street Buildings are marked on this 1939 map having what seems to be exactly the same footprint as the existing 2 rows of red...

1 subject commemorated
Trenchard - Metropolitan Police

Trenchard - Metropolitan Police

SW1, Victoria Embankment, Victoria Embankment Gardens - Whitehall section

The building behind is the former Air Ministry.  We thank Jamie Davis for finding this link to the British Pathe news film of the unveili...

1 subject commemorated
Hanseatic merchants and 60 years of peace

Hanseatic merchants and 60 years of peace

EC4, Hanseatic Walk

Let's cover the easy bit first: The German at the end translates as “The old falls, the times are changing and new life blooms from the r...

3 subjects commemorated, 4 creators