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...
Cedric Keith Simpson, CBE, MA, MD, LLD, FRCP, FRCPath, DMJ, 1907 - 1985, eminent forensic pathologist, emeritus professor of forensic med...
In this house was born Eduard Suess (1831 - 1914) geologist, economist, statesman. Erected by the Geological Society of London
By 2008 when we heard about this plaque it had been hidden/removed behind long-term building works. From Network Rail we learnt that it ...
Present at the unveiling: founding members Chris Difford and Glenn Tilbrook.
Wollstonecraft attended this church from 1784.
