Erection date: 8/10/2003
Inscription
On this site lived and worked Thomas Hancock (1786 - 1865) inventor and founder of the British rubber industry.
Plastics Historical Society
Crystic Stonecast by Scott Bader
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Site: Thomas Hancock (1 memorial)
N4, Banstead Court, Green Lanes
Hancock died at Marlborough Cottage, on this site, where he had lived for fifty years. For the history and a picture of this rather substantial cottage see Bouncing Balls.
Credit for this entry to: Michael Edwards
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