John Howard, 1726 - 1790, pioneer prison reformer, author of 'The State of Prisons' 1777 was born in his father's house near this site.
London Borough of Hackney
E5, Lower Clapton Road, 157-9, St. Andrews Mansions
This Neo-Tudor block has a better-maintained twin on the other side of the road to the right. The plaque is on the bricks between the base of the bay window, the white surround of the entrance door and the Lycramobile fascia.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
John Howard - E5
Prison reformer. Born Hackney. Travelled throughout the UK and then further a...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
John Howard - E5
Hackney Council was created in 1965 from the 3 Metropolitan Borough Councils ...
This memorial is, oddly, erected very close to, and land-side of, the Wapping cupola which disguises a ventilation shaft for the Rotherhi...
London County Council Sir Nigel Playfair, 1874-1934, actor-manager lived here.
Hillfield Park, House of the Century Centenary Award, 28 May 2000. The Society for the Promotion of Historic Buildings
The two plaques are inside the gates, one on each side, on the set back walls facing the pavement. The statue is William Booth and not y...
In 1969 Lennon returned his MBE to the Queen but apparently this had no effect on his status and so this plaque is still technically corr...
The designers of this plaque seem to be anticipating the need for additional memorials.
Paul Nash, 1889 - 1946, war artist World Wars I & II, lived and worked here.
The London Borough of Southwark was created as an amalgamation of the Metropolitan Boroughs of Southwark, Camberwell and Bermondsey. Southwark council annually invites proposals for new plaques fro...
Footballer and football manger. Born at 15 Lennox Street, Worsthorne. near Burnley, Lancashire. As a centre-half he played for various clubs including Brentford and Fulham. After retiring from play...
The plaque says the rescue occurred ‘near to this place’, when in fact it happened at the ‘World’s End’ area of Chelsea which is about ha...
