Hobsons Place
This block was built in 1966 by the Greater London Council and was named after Hobson's Place, which was one of the streets the estate was built over; which had previously been called Pelham Place.
E1, Hanbury Street
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Hobsons Place / Pelham Place
Replaced the LCC. The GLC was abolished, some say, because Mrs Thatcher could...
Our map of 1837 shows a street called Pelham Street. Possibly this became Pel...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Hobsons Place / Pelham Place
The name was originally applied to the Tower division of the county of Middle...
The foundation stone is low down at the right hand side of the building. Above each of the two statues is a bust, both of the Greek god v...
OK, this is not actually a memorial but it's too good to exclude on the basis of house rules.
This garden acquired its name due to its popularity as a lunchtime garden with workers from the nearby General Post Office (long gone). ...
The plaque is in the dimly lit museum of Greenwich Heritage Centre.
City of Westminster John Peake Knight, 1828 - 86, inventor of the world's first traffic lights which were erected here, 9th Dec. 1868. ...
