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
The GLC was abolished, some say, because Mrs Thatcher could not abide its lef...
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...
London County CouncilField Marshal, Viscount Allenby, 1861-1936, lived here, ...
