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Group    From 1900  To 1965

Shoreditch Borough Council

Shoreditch Borough Council

The Metropolitan Borough of Shoreditch was created in 1900.  In 1965 it was merged with Stoke Newington and Hackney to form the London Borough of Hackney.

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This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Shoreditch Borough Council

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Stonebridge Estate

At first we thought the plaque was deliberately mounted at a jaunty angle but...

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This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Shoreditch Borough Council

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Passmore Edwards drinking fountain - N1

We love the elaborately correct use of English: "... in the acquisition of wh...

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Wallace drinking fountain

The plaque explains why this fountain look so familiar to anyone who has walk...

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Wenlock Barn Estate

The plaque is on the first floor balcony, in our photo partly hidden by tree ...

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Theodore Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt

President of USA 1901 - 1909. The Teddy bear was named after him (following a cartoon of a hunting trip he had attended). Franklin D. Roosevelt was a distant cousin. Born and died New York. 2022: ...

Person, Politics & Administration, Seriously Famous, USA

1 memorial
Sir Cowasjee Jehangir Readymoney

Sir Cowasjee Jehangir Readymoney

Companion of the Star of India, a wealthy Parsi gentleman of Bombay. His grandfather and two great-uncles had made their names, literally, in the opium trade with China (facilitated by the British)...

Person, Engineering, Philanthropy, Politics & Administration, India

2 memorials
C. L. R. James

C. L. R. James

Trinidadian historian, journalist, socialist and political activist. A pioneering and influential voice in postcolonial literature. Born Cyril Lionel Robert James in Trinidad. An early athlete and ...

Person, Literature, Politics & Administration, Race Issues, Sport / Games, Caribbean Islands

1 memorial
David Thomas Pitt, Baron Pitt of Hampstead

David Thomas Pitt, Baron Pitt of Hampstead

Physician and civil rights campaigner. Councillor; Chairman of Greater London Council

Person, Medicine, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
John Arnold Fell, MA

John Arnold Fell, MA

Commoner on the City Lands & Bridge House Estates Committee, 1994.

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial