John Howard, 1726 - 1790, pioneer prison reformer, author of 'The State of Prisons' 1777 was born in his father's house near this site.
London Borough of Hackney
E5, Lower Clapton Road, 157-9, St. Andrews Mansions
This Neo-Tudor block has a better-maintained twin on the other side of the road to the right. The plaque is on the bricks between the base of the bay window, the white surround of the entrance door and the Lycramobile fascia.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
John Howard - E5
Prison reformer. Born Hackney. Travelled throughout the UK and then further a...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
John Howard - E5
Hackney Council was created in 1965 from the 3 Metropolitan Borough Councils ...
June 2012 a Museum of London archaeological dig discovered the Curtain Theatre. July 2013 Londonist reported on the plan for the site whi...
July 2015 The Mirror reported that 4 of these plaques (Benny Hill, Tommy Cooper, Sid James and Irene Handl) were stolen just prior to the...
At Bostock.net we found the coat of arms for Geoffrey Rowley Bostock (1880 - 1961), the same as the one on this plaque.
These plaques were originally located on the buildings of the Teddington Studios in Broom Road. The studios were closed and demolished in...
On this site lived Sir Herbert Tree, 1852-1917, actor manager.
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