James Hudson Taylor used these premises (1872 - 1895) for the work of the China Inland Mission which he founded in 1865.
N5, Pyrland Road, 6
The CIM was established at number 6 and later extended to incorporate numbers 4 and 2. It moved out of here to nearby Newington Green where you can still see the rather more imposing premises, which, in July 2004 were undergoing a major renovation.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
James Hudson Taylor
The picture source website provides lots of useful information on the CIM.
Born Barnsley, Yorkshire. Died Changsha, Hunan, China (340 miles north of Ca...
Viscount Cecil of Chelwood, 1864 - 1958, creator of the League of Nations, lived here. Greater London Council
Pulford Street and the Equitable Gas Works used to occupy this six acre site. In the 1930s the Pulford Street Site Committee was respons...
The plaque overlooks a patch of grass and a fenced concrete playground where Ferdinand played as a child.
In our photo of the street showing two blue plaques, the Handel building is the one on the right. The one on the left is Hendrix.
The plaque was unveiled by actor and president of the Heritage Foundation, Vicki Michelle.
