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...
London Borough of Southwark Edward Turner, 1901-1973, engineer and designer of Triumph motorcycles, the Ariel Square Four and the Daimler...
In our photo you can just about make out the plaque above the Wagamama delivery bike. A 3-part frieze above the windows reads: "London C...
The plaque is located on the first floor of the building and is not on view to the general public. It appears to have been erected when t...
English Heritage Sir Malcolm Sargent, 1895 - 1967, conductor, lived and died in a flat in this building.
Memorials to murdered young people can be very moving, and extensive. This one used to stretch for more than 7Â metres along the side of t...
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