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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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Archibald Mackirdy

Archibald Mackirdy

US diplomat, for 27 years the United States Consul at Muscat, Persia. What little we can discover about him is as an adjunct to his wife Olive Christian Malvery. They had three children: Flora Mac...

Person, Politics & Administration, Scotland, USA

1 memorial
Sir Francis Crossley

Sir Francis Crossley

Carpet manufacturer, politician and philanthropist. Born in Halifax, Yorkshire. He worked at his father's massive carpet factory before entering parliament in 1852. He erected twenty-one almshouses...

Person, Commerce, Philanthropy, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
John Stopher

John Stopher

Deputy Chairman of the Bridge House Estates Committee in 1935.

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Edgar Issac Lansbury

Edgar Issac Lansbury

Poplar councillor imprisoned during the 1921 rates protest. Despite the claim on his Wikipedia page that he was born on 3 April 1887, this was not the case. He was the fifth of the twelve children...

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Councillor R. Fielder

Councillor R. Fielder

Member of the Electric Lighting and Tramways Committee, West Ham, 1905. Our image comes from Wikipedia's photo captioned 'First West Ham Borough Council, 1886-7'. This 'Councillor R. Fielder' is p...

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial