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.
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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 stone was laid exactly 100 years to the day from his first act of bravery.
British History On-line confirms our suspicions that this should read "T. Chancellor". Goodness knows why or when it got corrupted into "...
Sir Henry unveiled his own plaque.
The business had just moved out when the building was destroyed by a WW2 bomb.
This plaque is on the first building in Mansion House Street but actually in St Mildred's Court.
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