Skip to content

Every place has a story.

A community archive for the streets, houses, families, and memories that would otherwise quietly disappear. Browse, contribute, and follow the places that matter to you.

Explore

Places
People

Help & legal

Contact
Community guidelines
Copyright
Privacy
Terms
Cookies
Data retention
Sponsor terms

© 2026 Local Past. Stories shared by the community remain the work of their contributors.

Got a correction or rights concern? Get in touch.

Birth at Bethnal Green, Greater London, England · About October 1886 — Local Past

From the archive

Birth at Bethnal Green, Greater London, England · About October 1886

About October 1886 · Birth

Added by Clare Hopkins on 19 Jul 2026

Know someone who’d love this? Share it.

Birth

Clare Hopkins · 19 Jul 2026Admin

Birth of William John Benstead

Person: William John Benstead
Vol. 1c, p. 189
Date: About October 1886
Place: Bethnal Green, Greater London
Recorded as RD Bethnal Green, Middlesex
Mother: Avis Harper
Mother's maiden name Harper

Log in to report

Also appears on

More on the pages this entry sits in.

People

William John Benstead (b. 1886 in Bethnal Green, Greater London, England)1 entry
Avis Harper (b. 1855 in Bethnal Green, Greater London, England)9 entries

Places

Bethnal Green, Greater London, England36 entries

Want to add what you know?

Local Past is a quiet archive of the everyday history of the places we live.

Browse all places Search the people