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...
The architectural salvage items are distributed around the edge of this garden. The foundation stone is to the left of our photo; the Sch...
This plaque was erected in 1984 or shortly after. Confusingly LondonNewsOnline has a photo of a blue plaque (otherwise identical) in the ...
Benjamin Britten, composer, 1913 - 1976, and Peter Pears, singer, 1910 - 1986, lived and worked here, 1943 - 1946. City of Westminster In...
A.J.P. Taylor 1906 - 1990, historian and broadcaster lived here. English Heritage
Garvey's office was in this building. The plaques are either side of the entrance.
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