Cobden House
This block was built in 1958 by the London County Council and was named after Richard Cobden (1804 - 1865), who was a liberal statesman and a member of the anti-corn laws league.
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E2, Nelson Gardens
See St Peter's Close. As far as we can discover Richard Cobden had no particular association with this area.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Cobden House
Prior to the LCC London matters were run by church parishes. The LCC was the ...
Political economist and Liberal MP. Born near Midhurst, Sussex, into a large ...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Cobden House
THCH is a charitable housing provider managing over 3,000 homes exclusively i...
Newshopper tells: "Concern about his sons' education led Matthew Arnold to move to Harrow as he believed they might learn better if they ...
A walk through this cemetery in c.1870 is described on pages 52-57 of May Sinclair’s 1919 novel ‘Mary Olivier: A Life’. Mary is taken by...
Reading top down the plaques are: Holstein, Harvey, "Supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund".
A custom-made plaque, but nonetheless a very attractive one.
Our transcription of this long inscription was aided by the typed Winter 1978 newsletter of the East London History Society "A Tombstone...
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