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Group    From 1965 

Newham Council

Newham Council

West Ham was merged with parts of Barking and Woolwich to form the London Borough of Newham in 1965.

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Charlie Paynter

Charlie Paynter, 1879 - 1970, lived here. West Ham United FC manager 1932 - 1...

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Daisy Parsons

Daisy Parsons, MBE, 1890 - 1957, first female Mayor of West Ham. London Borou...

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Dame Vera Lynn - E7

This sign was installed to celebrate Lynn's 100th birthday, but we don't know...

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Dame Vera Lynn - Ladysmith Avenue

Lynn lived in this street from the age of 4 -21. The street name panel was in...

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Grove Gardens - restored

"These gardens" no longer surround this monument as apparently they once did....

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Lord Rosebery, Archibald Philip Primrose

Lord Rosebery, Archibald Philip Primrose

Born 20 Charles Street. Prime Minister, 1894-5, and first Chairman of the London County Council (1889-90, 1892-3). On the death of his wife, Hannah, he was subjected to accusations of homosexuality...

Person, Politics & Administration

3 memorials
Navy Office, Seething Lane

Navy Office, Seething Lane

Built on the site of Walsingham's mansion, this was the Navy Office in which Samuel Pepys lived and worked.  Survived the Great Fire partly due to Pepys' efforts.  Destroyed by another fire in 1673...

Building, Armed Forces, Politics & Administration

2 memorials
James Ranger

James Ranger

Prospective Socialist candidate for the Epping division in October 1935.

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Emily Wilding Davison

Emily Wilding Davison

Militant suffragette. Born Roxburgh House, Vanbrugh Park Road, Greenwich (see Running Past for info about the house). Brought up in Hertfordshire until aged 11 when the family returned to London. H...

Person, Gender Issues, Politics & Administration, Tragedy

4 memorials
Admiral of the Fleet, Sir James Alexander Gordon, GCB

Admiral of the Fleet, Sir James Alexander Gordon, GCB

Naval officer.  Born Aberdeenshire.  Governor of Greenwich Hospital, 1853 until his death.  75 years in the navy, he was possibly the model for C. S. Forester's Horatio Hornblower.  

Person, Armed Forces, Politics & Administration, Scotland

1 memorial