Old Ford
So called because it was the site of a ford over the River Lee in Roman times. It was surrounded by a settlement in the 3rd and 4th centuries.
Bow Heritage Trail
E3, Old Ford Road, 381
The building on which the plaque is located was the 19th century Old Ford Wesleyan Chapel, now converted into flats.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Old Ford
This is, approximately, the area where the Greenway crosses the River Lea, E3...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Old Ford
The name was originally applied to the Tower division of the county of Middle...
There are two stone plaques either side of the entrance, low on the wall, and two, rather classier, plaques in the entrance lobby. Readi...
The plaque seems to suggest that there was an earlier shelter for women, and yes, there was. From Workhouses: ".. the Army gradually bec...
James Hadley Chase, 1906 - 1985, author, was born here with the name René Brabazon Raymond. Ealing Civic Society
Sir Cecil Beaton, 1904 - 1980, photographer and designer, was born and lived here until 1911. Heath and Old Hampstead Society
In July 2018 the 5 VC plaques are laid into the esplanade in front of the war memorial, reading left to right: Parslow, Booth, Train, Say...
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