Nelson Gardens
This building was built in 1976 by the Greater London Council. It was named after Lord Horatio Nelson (1758 - 1805), who was the British admiral famous for the victory at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805.
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E2, Nelson Gardens
See St Peter's Close. As far as we can discover Nelson had no particular association with this area.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Nelson Gardens
A sea battle that took place off Cape Trafalgar on the south west coast of Sp...
Replaced the LCC. The GLC was abolished, some say, because Mrs Thatcher could...
Born in Burnham Thorpe, Norfolk. Naval commander who became a national hero a...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Nelson Gardens
THCH is a charitable housing provider managing over 3,000 homes exclusively i...
This group of plaques is in the ground floor seating area.
When, on the opening of the Law Courts in 1882, no 10 became vacant the Inns of Court Rifle Corps moved in. Lincoln's Inn provides a good...
This garden acquired its name due to its popularity as a lunchtime garden with workers from the nearby General Post Office (long gone). ...
The fanlight of this house carries a surprising work in stained glass depicting Mickey Mouse carrying a Union Jack and Donald Duck with t...
This 1897 OS map shows that Bethnal House Lunatic Asylum occupied the land between this alley and Bethnal Green Gardens. The Warburton fa...
