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Wiesbaden Road was built by William Hicklin and was renamed Belgrade Road in the First World War. It was completed in 1894-5.
Stoke Newington war damage - WW1 (Exact location unknown) Source: search.socialhistory.org/Record/821150 http://t.co/fBxknrVktw
World War One - [1:02min video] Special Constables parade at Stoke Newington
WW1 memorial on Church St by the library opened 14.06.1923. Cost over £4,000 that was raised by the public. 852 men died.
30.5.1915-First bomb of WW1 to fall from a Zeppelin on London dropped in garden of The Nevill Arms pub, Stoke Newington #worldwar1centenary
WW1 memorial on Church St, Stoke Newington by the library opened 14.06.1923. Cost £4K+ that was raised by the public #worldwar1centenary
RT @duncr: First Bomb of World War One fell here. Nevill Arms, Stoke Newington flic.kr/p/kwTgE
The Stoke Newington Civilian War Memorial in @AbneyParkN16 has recently been listed as a Grade II listed building list.english-heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.a…
The 73 bus route was established at the end of WW1 and ran from Stoke Newington to Richmond, journey costing one shilling (via @LynRennick)
RT @hackneytours: @GallipoliGunner @JonathanRuffle @HistoryToday @blacksquarebrig Stoke Newington got first Zeppelin bomb of WW1. Pre-WW2 s…
WW1 memorial. Unveiled: 14.06.23, names: 852, architect: A.G. Porri, builder: Stappleton & Son. Cost: £4000.
1915 - RT “@century_ww1: Stoke Newington Mayor appeals for black hats and mourning apparel to be given to widows buff.ly/1wAn8Cb”
[1:47min VIDEO] A digital story about Stoke Newington being bombed in the First World War
c. 1930 - Church St, Stoke Newington. Unknown event (not opening of WW1 memorial). (Courtesy of @TheFoxReformed)
@padster @ghostsigns I compared it with a photo of the opening of the WW1 memorial in 1923 and it's not it. Most intriguing.
Was asked if crowded Church St is opening of WW1 memorial in 23'. Street lights in smaller photo show it isn't.
WW1 Peace Cup - Presented By Ald. H. J. Ormond, J.P. Mayor of Stoke Newington (1913-1919)
@ArchivesHackney Image No:11588 opening ceremony of Church St WW1 memorial was taken on 14.06.1923 not 1925.
RT @black_cabs: Was once the Nevill Arms in Stoke Newington - first WW1 Zeppelin bomb on London fell in its garden.
RT @ArchivesHackney: Investigating timeline for #stokeNewington library & it's war memorial extension looking at original plans http://t.co…
The first house in London to be bombed in WW1 was 16 Alkham Road, Stoke Newington
31.05.1915 - London's first Zeppelin raid, Neville Road, Stoke Newington
May 1915 PC Edmund Forbes displaying the unexploded bomb dropped in London’s 1st Zeppelin raid behind the Nevill Arms
Commemorative plaque at 31 Nevill Rd stating incorrectly its site of 1st bomb dropped on London in WW1 to be removed
In Hackney Today this week: Stoke Newington was the target of the first ever bombing raid on London during WW1
ON THIS DAY 100 years ago at 11pm London was bombed for the first time during WW1 starting with Stoke Newington iancastlezeppelin.co.uk/31st-may/45861…
1923 - WW1 memorial. Unveiled: 14.06.23, names: 852, architect: A.G. Porri, builder: Stappleton & Son. Cost: £4000.
The Church St WW1 memorial hall was added to the library in 1923. Opened by field marshall Sir William Robertson
1923 - War memorial, Abney Park Cemetery. Built 1923 on top of existing catacomb. The entrance is now sealed.
The phrase 'Pro Patria' above the entrances to the WW1 memorial on Church Street means 'For Your Country' in Latin
During WW1 as part of the war effort Stoke Newington had 654 allotment plots, including 534 in Clissold Park and 40 in Finsbury Park.
WW1 memorial, St. Mary's new Church, Stoke Newington. Church Row houses (1695-1935) in the background.
RT @ipswicher: Hawksley Road was also sometime spelt Hawkesly in some pre-WW1 maps and directories (eg Kelly's). @HistoryOfStokey
WW1 memorial, St. Mary's new Church, Stoke Newington. #Remembrance
The phrase 'Pro Patria' above the entrances to the WW1 memorial on Church Street means 'For Your Country' in Latin #Remembrance
The Church St WW1 memorial hall was added to the library in 1923. #Remembrance
The WW1 memorial on Church Street opened 14.06.1923 and includes 852 names. It cost £4,000, which was raised by the public #Remembrance
@Huriye During WW1 a lot of young boys lied about their age so they could enlist to fight in the war.
RT @HackneyMuseum: Behind the scenes: Recording this stunning (but very fragile!) #StokeNewington WW1 era flag goo.gl/Dmk4cO http…
His name is on the WW1 Memorial in the Library so interesting to see reference to Church St (@ArchivesHackney) x.com/Cassini_jon/st…
@GE0RGYGIRL 1st crest can be seen above entrances to WW1 memorial (1923). Prospice was William Patten's moto (1563)
#OnThisDay 101 years ago at 11pm London was bombed for the first time during WW1 starting with Stoke Newington iancastlezeppelin.co.uk/31st-may/45861…
RT @AmIRightSir: The last sitting MP to have served in the First World War was David Weitzman, Lab MP for Hackney N & Stoke Newington until…
1923 - WW1 Memorial Hall, Stoke Newington Church Street.
Wiesbaden Road, completed in 1895, was renamed Belgrade Road in the First World War due to anti-German sentiment.
1905 - The Public Library on Church St (opened 1892). The WW1 Memorial Hall opened in 1923 on the site of a building seen in this photo.
In 1923 the Metropolitan Borough of Stoke Newington commemorated its WW1 dead with a Memorial Hall by Arthur George Porri (1877-1962)
WW1 Field Service Post Cards sent to Mrs P. E. Smith, 45 Springdale Road, Green Lanes, Stoke Newington
Plan of raid over Stoke Newington and Dalston on the night of the 31st of May 1915, the starting point of the 1st WW1 raid on London.
Fascinating. Hear all about the first Zeppelin attack on London in WW1, which began in Stoke Newington. x.com/iancastleraids…
The WW1 memorial on Church St opened on June 14th 1923. It lists 852 names of SN men. It cost £4,000, which was raised by the public.
WW1 war effort - Stoke Newington's Ambulance Day 'To provide funds for the purchase of motor ambulances for the front'
1914-18 Volunteer regiment badge - 4 Stoke Newington N London (via @HackneyMuseum museum.hackney.gov.uk/object7781) https://t.co/KLcWj89jqN
RT @AmIRightSir: Last sitting MP to have served in the First World War was David Weitzman, Lab MP for Hackney N & Stoke Newington until 197…
Church St showing the WW1 Memorial Hall (Built 1923) and the Rose & Crown in its original location before it was rebuilt in 1931 opposite.
@kayegodleman Judging by the soldiers outside the library I'd guess a WW1 commemoration ceremony, though it's 100% not the opening of the memorial hall
@VictorianLondon @AbneyParkN16 Good question given it is part of the WW1 memorial. Possibly memorial was built on top or both built at the same time??
WW1 memorial, St Mary’s new church, Stoke Newington. Church Row houses in the background. Built 1695 demolished 1935.
WW1 memorial, St. Mary's new Church, Stoke Newington #RemembranceSunday
The WW1 memorial on Church St opened on June 14th 1923. It lists 852 names of men from Stoke Newington who died in WW1. It cost £4,000, which was raised by the public #RemembranceSunday
@hackneylibs Given the N postcode it’s pre 1917. The WW1 memorial hall was built in 1923.
RT @IanCastleRaids: @HistoryOfStokey Tomorrow at 7.30pm (21 Feb) I'm giving a talk on London's first Zeppelin raid - which started over St…
Here’s @IanCastleRaids’ brilliant and detailed description of the first WW1 London zeppelin raid which began in Stoke Newington. (Part 1) The event was organised by the Islington Archaeology & History Society.
Here’s @IanCastleRaids’ brilliant and detailed description of the first WW1 London zeppelin raid which began in Stoke Newington. (Part 2) The event was organised by the Islington Archaeology & History Society.
Here’s @IanCastleRaids’ brilliant and detailed description of the first WW1 London zeppelin raid which began in Stoke Newington. (Part 3) The event was organised by the Islington Archaeology & History Society.
Mashup: 27 Nevill Road, Stoke Newington following a German Zeppelin bomb raid (Zeppelin LZ38) on May 31st 1915. It was during the first bomb raid on London during WW1, which began not far in Alkham Road. (@IanCastleRaids)
RT @CWGC: A ceremony was this week held at Abney Park Cemetery, Stoke Newington for a First World War serjeant major who has been given a @…
‘Gender, Class and Public Drinking in Britain during the First World War’ - Very interesting essay. x.com/honor_rhodes/s…
WW1 Stoke Newington War Hospital Supply Depot Work for Wounded Soldiers Flag Day Fundraising Pin Badge (Source: britishmilitarybadges.co.uk/products/k1c4…) https://t.co/xgwF3pAas6
RT @IanCastleRaids: I'll be talking about the Zeppelin raid on Stoke Newington, the first on London in WW1. Why Stoke Newington - wait and…
RT @hackneygazette: John Barber: Search begins to track down family of Stoke Newington First World War soldier buried in Belgium https://t.…
Peter Jackson's new film 'They Shall not Grow Old' looks absolutely amazing. A remarkable project colourising WW1 footage with sophisticated speed adjustment and audio overlay. 852 serving men from Stoke Newington died in WW1.
1921 - ‘Memorial Service at Green Lanes Wesleyan Church Clissold Park. Unveiling of war memorial tablet and dedication of organ in grateful remembrance of those men connected with this church and congregation who fell in the Great War’ (Courtesy of John Wirth)
@jonburkeUK @lccmunicipal Nope :) The WW1 Memorial Hall was built in 1923.
Portrait by Stoke Newington photographer Edgar Salomon of an Officer from the 10th London Regiment (Hackney). The regiment was formed in 1908 in the newly formed County of London. The regiment saw distinguished service in WW1 and was disbanded in 1938.
Stoke Newington Borough's first Coat of Arms above the entrance to the WW1 Memorial Hall in Church Street, which opened in 1923. This design was used from 1900 till 1934 when it was replaced.
@JonHammant Yes. For WW1 Zeppelin raids best to ask @IanCastleRaids who specialises in the topic and researched it extensively.
@JonHammant Here’s another WW1 Zeppelin raid map showing the path and damage in Stoke Newington on the night of 31st of May 1915
@highamnews @JonHammant As far as I’m aware, there was only one Zepplein raid in WW1 that hit Stoke Newington (see map), though @IanCastleRaids would know for sure.
Wiesbaden Road was renamed Belgrade Road during WW1 due to ‘anti-German sentiments’ x.com/HistoryOfStoke…
WW1 Drawing by Private W. A. WEBB of Stoke Newington. Drawn at Keighley Hospital
RT @liminalhackney: 27 Nevill Road in Stoke Newington suffered some of the first bomb damage from the air in WWI after a Zeppelin raid in M…
To put this number into horrifying perspective, the number of Stoke Newington WW1 fatalities was almost 2% of the total population of Stoke Newington Borough, which was around 50,000 in the 1910s. x.com/HistoryOfStoke…
@stokeywheels Survived a Zeppelin raid in 1915 and the Blitz...
WW1 memorial, St. Mary's new Church, Stoke Newington #RemembranceSunday
“All ye who pass in quest of happy hours, behold the price at which those hours were bought” WW1 Memorial Hall, Stoke Newington Church Street. 852 Stoke Newington men died in WW1. #RemembranceSunday
The WW1 Memorial Hall. Designed by Arthur George Porri (1877-1962). Cost £4,000, which was raised by the public. Opened on 14.06.1923 by Field Marshal Sir William Robertson. 852 Stoke Newington men died in WW1. Pro Patria in Latin above the entrance means ‘For One’s Country’.
RT @ClaudLevante: @HistoryOfStokey During WW1 the school organised knitting for the forces. My Grandmother was a pupil and received this th…
@Huriye Thank you. Reminded me of this WW1 postcard
My upcoming self-guided walk will be SN during WW1 and WW2 covering landmarks, bomb sites, lost churches, Zeppelin raid and more. Have you tried these walks yet? Stoke Newington Boundary Walk stokenewingtonhistory.com/stoke-newingto… Stoke Newington’s Lost Pubs Walk stokenewingtonhistory.com/stoke-newingto…
RT @AbneyParkN16: Commonwealth War Memorial receives a deep clean abneypark.org/news/2020/8/3/…
RT @mbarnesn16: @HistoryOfStokey @sommecourt @Taff_Gillingham @CWGC Les is remembered on the Stoke Newington war memorial. I have his 1914-…
World War 1 Peace Celebration Mug, Presented by HJ Ormond, Mayor of Stoke Newington. Sir Herbert John Ormond (1867- 1934); a draper, was elected Mayor of Stoke Newington 11 times, including throughout the First World War from 1913 to 1919 and from 1929 to 1934.
33 Cowper Rd was hit during a Zeppelin raid on 31.5.15. Fire caused great damage to the house. While several members of the Leggatt family escaped, three year old Elsie did not and was suffocated and burnt to death. Her 11 year old sister would die of her burns several days late…
33 Cowper Rd was hit during a Zeppelin raid on 31.5.15. Fire caused great damage to the house. While several members of the Leggatt family escaped, three year old Elsie did not and was suffocated and burnt to death. Her 11 year old sister would die of her burns several days later x.com/HistoryOfStoke…
33 Cowper Rd in 1980 where Butterfield Green is now. It was hit during a Zeppelin raid on 31.5.15. Fire caused great damage to the house. A three year old girl was suffocated and burnt to death and her 11 year old sister died of her burns several days later. Photo by Marc Caucutt
Elsie Leggett, the three year old girl killed in 33 Cowper Rd during a Zeppelin raid was the 11th person in Britain killed by a bomb dropped from the air. Her older sister, Elizabeth May, died from her burns a few days later. Thanks for the info @IanCastleRaids. https://t.co/iMf…
Elsie Leggett, the three year old girl killed in 33 Cowper Rd during a Zeppelin raid was the 11th person in Britain killed by a bomb dropped from the air. Her older sister, Elizabeth May, died from her burns a few days later. Thanks for the info @IanCastleRaids. x.com/HistoryOfStoke…
Stoke Newington Public Library in 1904. It opened in 1892 and extended in 1904, 1925 and 1937. The original entrance was on the left. The WW1 Memorial Hall was built in 1923 and connected to the library in 1925.
@LynRennick But it was no. 33 that was hit in the Zeppelin raid. Perhaps @IanCastleRaids can help clarify.
Then & Now: Cowper Rd, Stoke Newington. No. 33 on the right marked with an X was hit during a Zeppelin raid on 31.5.15. It was the first air raid on London. Two sisters; Elizabeth May (11) and Elsie Leggett (3) were killed as a result of the fire that broke out (@IanCastleRa…
Then & Now: Cowper Rd, Stoke Newington. No. 33 on the right marked with an X was hit during a Zeppelin raid on 31.5.15. It was the first air raid on London. Two sisters; Elizabeth May (11) and Elsie Leggett (3) were killed as a result of the fire that broke out (@IanCastleRaids)