Barnado Gardens. This block was built by the London County Council in 1957. It was named after Dr Thomas Barnardo (1845 - 1905), who opened his first home for destitute children nearby in Stepney Causeway in 1868.
Tower Hamlets Community Housing THCH
E1, Cable Street, Barnardo Gardens
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Dr. Barnardo - Cable Street
Prior to the LCC London matters were run by church parishes. The LCC was the ...
Missionary and social worker with the British poor, especially children. Born...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Dr. Barnardo - Cable Street
THCH is a charitable housing provider managing over 3,000 homes exclusively i...
There is apparently another plaque to him nearby at 2 Palace Green, a house he had built for himself. This is now the Israeli Embassy, an...
London County Council Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery, 1847 - 1929, Prime Minister and first Chairman of the London Coun...
This is the first reference to the 'angel world' that we've recorded.
This rather dull plaque is in the garden close to the Hamilton fountain.
2019: MansionGlobal reported that the house was for sale for £16 million, with an aspirational night-time photo of the pool at the back.
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