Credit for this entry to:
Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
Coburg Dwelllings
This block was built by the Mercers Company in 1904. It was named after Coburg, the part of Germany where Prince Albert (1819 - 1861), the husband of Queen Victoria came from.
Tower Hamlets Community Housing THCH
E1, Hardinge Street, Coburg Dwellings
There are four 'Mercers' Maidens' on the block. Next door is the Convent of Sisters of Mercy, which also has a maiden.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Coburg Dwellings
Records go back to 1348. From the Guild‘s website: "In its widest sense merce...
Born Schloss Rosenau, Coburg, Germany, as Albert Francis Augustus Charles Ema...
Reigned: 1837-1901, 64 years. Born Kensington Palace. Daughter of Edward, Duk...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Coburg Dwellings
THCH is a charitable housing provider managing over 3,000 homes exclusively i...
Deptford Friends' Meeting House, stood here, demolished 1807.{Encircled by:} ...
English Heritage Marshal of the Royal Air Force, Sir John Maitland Salmond, 1...
