Nelson Gardens
This building was built in 1976 by the Greater London Council. It was named after Lord Horatio Nelson (1758 - 1805), who was the British admiral famous for the victory at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805.
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E2, Nelson Gardens
See St Peter's Close. As far as we can discover Nelson had no particular association with this area.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Nelson Gardens
A sea battle that took place off Cape Trafalgar on the south west coast of Sp...
Replaced the LCC. The GLC was abolished, some say, because Mrs Thatcher could...
Born in Burnham Thorpe, Norfolk. Naval commander who became a national hero a...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Nelson Gardens
THCH is a charitable housing provider managing over 3,000 homes exclusively i...
Lost Treasures. Bycullah Athenaeum, 1883 - 1931. Originally located at Windmill Hill Enfield, this was a popular venue where plays and c...
This 'plaque' was spotted in 2018 by a friend who lives nearby, to whom we are also grateful for the photos.
The names are those of men who worked at the Chalk Farm bus garage, died in WW1 and whose names were listed on a white plaque that was er...
Harold Laski, 1893 - 1950, teacher and political philosopher lived here, 1926 - 1950. Greater London Council
London County Council Matthew Arnold, 1822 - 1888, poet and critic, lived here.
Modelled on the statue of Dioscuri in Rome. A gay friend of ours is fond of quoting Larry Olivier on this statue: "the best arse in Lond...
Commoner on the City Lands & Bridge House Estates Committee, 1994.
This site has evolved over the years from flowers place around the tree to become the shrine that it is today. The steps were probably i...
KG, KT, KP, GCB, GCMG, GCVO, KJStJ, ADC, Colonel of the Grenadier Guards, Colonel in Chief of the Royal Artillery, Royal Engineers, 17th Lancers, 60th Rifles and 77th Regiment. Commander-in-Chief o...
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