Barnado Gardens. This block was built by the London County Council in 1957. It was named after Dr Thomas Barnardo (1845 - 1905), who opened his first home for destitute children nearby in Stepney Causeway in 1868.
Tower Hamlets Community Housing THCH
E1, Cable Street, Barnardo Gardens
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
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Dr. Barnardo - Cable Street
Prior to the LCC London matters were run by church parishes. The LCC was the ...
Missionary and social worker with the British poor, especially children. Born...
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Dr. Barnardo - Cable Street
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The relief sculpture shows an SOE agent parachuting into occupied territory.
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Corporation of London The Great Synagogue, Dukes Place, constituent of the United Synagogue stood on the site adjoining from 1690 and ser...
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London borough. Formed from the former Metropolitan Borough of Battersea and much of the former area of the Metropolitan Borough of Wandsworth.
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