91³Ô¹ÏÍø

Plaque

James Middleton House

Erection date: 13/9/1952

Inscription

Metropolitan Borough of Bethnal Green
James Middleton House
This stone was laid by the Mayor Councillor Mrs B. L. Tate, JP, LCC, 13th September 1952
Housing Committee: Councillor A. Stocks - Chairman; Alderman P. J. H. Benenson - Vice-Chairman; the Mayor, and Alderman H. P. Wilson JP.
Councillors: {a list of 16 names - see Subjects commemorated}

Donald Hamilton, Wakeford & Partners - Chartered Architects
F. H. Bristow, LLB - Town Clerk
Watson Strother, AMICE, MJ.MUNE, ARICS - Borough Engineer & Surveyor

We've given the inscription as "Donald Hamilton, Wakeford & Partners - Chartered Architects" but it's actually carved as  "Wakeeord" - whoops.

Site: James Middleton House (1 memorial)

E2, Middleton Street, James Middleton House

The address of James Middleton House is Middleton Street but the stone is actually in Punderson's Gardens.

We think this development must be named for James Smith Middleton (1878 – 1962), a journalist and political organiser best known for serving as the General Secretary of the Labour Party.

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:
James Middleton House

Subjects commemorated i

Donald Hamilton, Wakeford & Partners

Architects. Donald St Aubyn Hamilton (1907–1956). From 1934 Hamilton worked f...

91³Ô¹ÏÍø

Peter James Henry Benenson

Peter James Henry Benenson was born as Peter James Henry Solomon on 31 July 1...

91³Ô¹ÏÍø

F. H. Bristow

Town Clerk of the Bethnal Green in 1952.

91³Ô¹ÏÍø

Councillor A. G. Clark

Councillor and member of Housing Committee, Parmiter Street, 1926. Councillor...

91³Ô¹ÏÍø

Councillor Miss F. K. Dewsnap

Councillor on the Bethnal Green Housing Committee in 1952.

91³Ô¹ÏÍø

Show all 22

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

Created by i

Councillor Mrs Beatrice Lilian Tate

Beatrice Tate School (41 Southern Grove, E3) has researched their namesake an...

91³Ô¹ÏÍø

Nearby Memorials

Marine Society

Marine Society

EC3, Change Alley

Site of the King's Arms Tavern where the first meeting of the Marine Society held on 23 June 1756.

2 subjects commemorated
Stephen and Matilda

Stephen and Matilda

E1, St Katharine's Way, Matilda House

The plaque seems to have been erected to celebrate 34 years which seems odd.

1 subject commemorated
PP - 4F - Sisley

PP - 4F - Sisley

EC1, Edward Street

This garden acquired its name due to its popularity as a lunchtime garden with workers from the nearby General Post Office (long gone). ...

1 subject commemorated, 2 creators
Winston Churchill - Sussex Square

Winston Churchill - Sussex Square

W2, Sussex Square, 3

From the Churchill Archive we learn that in 1921 Churchill's private secretary paid a deposit on 7 Sussex Mews East, which is in the mews...

1 subject commemorated
Second Lieutenant Frederick Johnson, VC

Second Lieutenant Frederick Johnson, VC

SW16, Streatham High Road, Garden of Rememberance, Streatham Common North

The 3 VC plaques are laid in the ground, in front of the war memorial, to the west. Reading left to right: Johnson, Cather, Fleming-Sande...

War dead | WW1
2 subjects commemorated, 1 creator