John Nettlefold
E2, Canrobert Street, John Nettlefold House
No explanation for the choice of name is given and we are not aware that Nettlefold was associated in any way with Tower Hamlets.
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
Southwark Cathedral - famous names
SE1, Cathedral Street, Montague Close
Southwark Cathedral For over 1,000 years Christians have worshipped here. AD 606 - a convent AD 1106 - a priory AD 1540 - a parish church...
11 subjects commemorated,
1 creator
Winifred Cullis
WC1, Hunter Street, 8
Winifred Cullis (1875 - 1956) CBE Physiologist, Sophia Jex-Blake Chair of Physiology, University of London from 1926 - 1941, a pioneer of...
2 subjects commemorated,
1 creator
3 subjects commemorated,
2 creators
Royal South London Dispensary for the Working Poor
SE1, Lambeth Road, 52, School of Historical Dress
Bethlem Museum of the Mind holds: "Register of outpatients attending the Hospital for Nervous Diseases, Bethlem's outpatient department b...
2 creators
Elijah Waring
E2, Bethnal Green Road, Waring House
No explanation for the choice of name is given and we are not aware that Waring was associated in any way with Tower Hamlets, but we note...
2 subjects commemorated,
1 creator
Salvation Army - first hostel for men
E14, West India Dock Road, 21
The plaque seems to suggest that there was an earlier shelter for women, and yes, there was. From Workhouses: ".. the Army gradually bec...
1 subject commemorated
Peachey-Edwards
E2, Teesdale Street, Peachey Edwards House
British History Online describe the 1960s Peachey Edwards House as containing "20 flats for old people" but we cannot find an image of it.
3 subjects commemorated,
1 creator
Edmond Lord Sheffield
E3, Bow Road, 215 - 217
When we photographed the plaque it was on a garage set back from the road (see this Google Street View). When we visited again in 2017 th...
2 subjects commemorated,
1 creator
Jeremy Bentham - E2
E2, Pollard Street, Jeremy Bentham House
No explanation for the choice of name is given and we are not aware that Bentham was associated in any way with Tower Hamlets. 2025: Imm...
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
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