Former outer London borough. It included Plaistow, West Ham, Stratford, Canning Town, Silvertown and the current Borough of Newham west of Green Street. It was amalgamated with other areas to form the London Borough of Newham.
The photo shows the proud 37 members of the first West Ham Borough Council, 1886-7.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
County Borough of West Ham
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County Borough of West Ham
The composer of this plaque has been very mean with first names and initials.
Town Hall Extension, 1885. George Rivett, Esq., Chairman of the Local Board. ...
This stone was laid by George Rivett, Esqre. chairman of the West Ham Local B...
County Borough of West Ham This stone was laid by Councillor Abednego Bishop ...
Trustee of the Lambeth Hayles Estate development in 1894. Edmund Matthew Shemeld was born on 18 January 1836 in Woburn, Bedfordshire, the second of the five children of Thomas Shemeld (1806-1864) ...
Liberal politician and internationalist. Born East Sussex. Secretary of the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies and later President of the International Women’s Suffrage Alliance. The phot...
Born Chiswick. One of the Immortal Seven (see William III). Died at the house with the plaque.
Corps Officer in the St John Ambulance Brigade, Metropolitan Corps, 1887-1895, 1915-1921. Serving Brother in the Order of St John.
Person, Emergency Services, Medicine, Politics & Administration
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