London borough. Formed from the former Metropolitan Borough of Battersea and much of the former area of the Metropolitan Borough of Wandsworth.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Wandsworth Council
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Battersea Park
The plaque definitively names Victoria Docks {sic} as the source of the soil ...
Wandsworth time capsule
In 1899 the Battersea Vestry became the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea.
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Wandsworth Council
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Albert Reginald Twyford
The plaque gives his first names as Reginald Albert in that order. However, h...
Alliott Verdon Roe - SW18
A. V. Roe, 1877 - 1958, aircraft pioneer and designer of AVRO aeroplanes, exp...
Battersea Park
The plaque definitively names Victoria Docks {sic} as the source of the soil ...
Battersea Park bandstand
Battersea Park was re-opened to the public by HRH The Duke of Edinburgh KG KT...
Biograph Theatre
Biograph Theatre opened 1908 as London's first licensed cinema. Originally th...
Other Subjects
Alec Roy
Roy was Chair of the Lee Valley Park 1981-6. We can't find any information on him so we looked into the Park instead. The Park is huge, 10,000 acres, more than four times the size of Richmond Park...
1 memorial
Sir John Wollaston
Born at Perton in Staffordshire. His name varies in spelling: Wollaston or Woolaston. In London, apprenticed to the Goldsmiths' Company from 1604 to 1611. Achieved great wealth in the City of Londo...
1 memorial
W. H. Elliott
General Manager of the Stratford Co-operative and Industrial Society in 1919.
1 memorial
John Popham
Born Somerset. Speaker of the House of Commons 1580-3, Attorney General, 1581-92, and Lord Chief Justice of England 1592 - 1607. Presided at the trials of Sir Walter Raleigh in 1603 and of Guy Faw...
1 memorial
Choi Wankeun
Vice Minister of Patriots & Veterans Affairs of the Republic of Korea in 2014.
1 memorial
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