Lewisham was a local government district within the metropolitan area of London. It was formed by the Metropolis Management Act 1855, and was governed by the Lewisham District Board of Works, which consisted of elected vestrymen.
In 1900 it was split into: Metropolitan Borough of Lewisham, and Penge Urban District (transferred to Kent).
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
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Lewisham District Board of Works
{On the bronze plaque:} This clock tower was erected to commemorate the Diamo...
We thank Jay Dae-Su Vega for permission to use this picture from his website where we learn that Holland was a barrister. Thence we found the Middle Temple register of admissions where we learn tha...
High Commissioner for India in the UK, 1991-7: after V. K. Krishna Menon, he was the second-longest-serving. Described on the web as "a great planter of trees. In England he has been planting trees...
Conservative Prime Minister 1970 - 74. Born Broadstairs but lived the first 7 years of his life at the house with the plaque. Died at his home Arundells in Salisbury. 2015: Oh, dear, he's being in...
Chairman of the Temple Bar Trust, 1993 - 2004. Â Lord Mayor of London in 1989. Â The picture comes from his niece's obituary webpage.
Trustee of the Lambeth Hayles Estate development in 1894. On the committee for the 1903-05 Royal Waterloo Hospital for Children and Women. Edmund Matthew Shemeld was born on 18 January 1836 in Wob...
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