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Metropolitan Borough of Bethnal Green

Metropolitan Borough of Bethnal Green

Bethnal Green was formed as a civil parish from the Bethnal Green hamlet in Stepney ancient parish. 1889 it became part of the County of London. 1900 it became a metropolitan borough. 1965 it was abolished and merged into the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. See Simon de Montfort for an explanation of the image.

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This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Metropolitan Borough of Bethnal Green

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Peachey-Edwards

Peachey Edwards House This block was built in 2004 by Swan Housing Associatio...

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This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Metropolitan Borough of Bethnal Green

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Bethnal Green Library war memorial

On our first visit there was no plaque, but the 'ghost' marks on the plinth s...

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Bethnal Green Town Hall

Borough of Bethnal Green This stone was laid Sept. 23rd 1909 by the Mayor A. ...

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Burnham Estate

Metropolitan Borough of Bethnal Green, Burnham Estate This stone was laid by ...

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Diss Street re-housing scheme

Metropolitan Borough of Bethnal Green Diss Street Re-housing Scheme This comm...

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Lenin Estate / Parmiter Street Housing

Metropolitan Borough of Bethnal Green Parmiter Street Re-housing Scheme This ...

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Other Subjects

William Beckford, Alderman

William Beckford, Alderman

Lord Mayor of London 1762 and 1769. Born Jamaica. Inherited a fortune from the family slave-based business. Lived at 22 Soho Square (the house has been demolished) from 1751 until his death while t...

Person, Lord Mayor, Politics & Administration, Race Issues, Jamaica

1 memorial
Richard Savage, fourth Earl Rivers

Richard Savage, fourth Earl Rivers

Governor of the Tower of London, soldier who fought in Ireland for William III and notorious womanizer. Birth date uncertain. Died at home at Ealing Grove, Middlesex.

Person, Armed Forces, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Frank Sharp

Frank Sharp

Frank William Sharp was born on 31 December 1923 in Ludlow, Shropshire, the elder child of Robert Kendrick Roberts Sharp (1883-1969) and Julia Mary Sharp née Turpin ( 1886-1975). His father was a l...

Person, Politics & Administration

3 memorials
The Red Flag

The Red Flag

A socialist song, written by Jim Connell. (supposedly on a train journey between Charing Cross and New Cross). It is the anthem of the British Labour Party, and is usually sung at the end of their ...

Concept, Community / Clubs, Music / songs, Politics & Administration, Seriously Famous

1 memorial
W. Rea Edwards, OBE, ACA

W. Rea Edwards, OBE, ACA

William Rea Edwards was Superintendent Secretary in the St John Ambulance Brigade, Metropolitan Corps, 1892-1900. Knight Grace in the Order of St John. Inver Museum has a photo of a Rea-Edwards mo...

Person, Emergency Services, Medicine, Politics & Administration

1 memorial