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 ...
The building has been the home of Quo Vadis, an old and venerable Italian restaurant for many years.
November 2014 the plaque was reported as "torn down" but, with promises of a replacement we won't mark it as lost, and hope someone can c...
At the time this was the Cumberland Hotel and in 2023, after four years as the Hard Rock Hotel, it reverted back to the Cumberland - what...
London Borough of Barnet Sir Ove N. Arup, lived in this house from 1932 to 1939.
We would not normally collect this type of inscription - many of the early housing projects carry similar notices. But they are normall...
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