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...
{Below an image of the discus thrower:}The Ancient GamesThe ancient Olympic G...
This stone was laid by the Right Honourable Henry Cecil Raikes, M. P., Her Ma...
Crane CourtThe Daily Courant, No 1Wednesday March 11, 1702{A facsimile of a p...
