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Have you noticed any of the Blue Plaques in the East End?
They are there to point out a famous person or event.
Check out where all these Local Heroes and Legends took place.
BARNARDO, Dr Thomas John (1845-1905),
Began his work for children in a building on this site in 1866.
58 Solent House, Ben Jonson Road, E1
Tower Hamlets 1953
BRADLAUGH, Charles (1833-1891),
Advocate of Free Thought, lived here 1870-1877.
29 Turner Street, E1
Tower Hamlets 1961
CAVELL, Edith (1865-1915),
Pioneer of modern nursing in Belgium and Heroine of the Great War, trained and worked here 1896-1901.
London Hospital, Whitechapel, E1
Tower Hamlets 1988
CLAYTON, Reverend P.T.B. 'Tubby' (1885-1972),
Founder of Toc H, lived here.
43 Trinity Square, Tower Hill, EC3
Tower Hamlets 1995
COOK, Captain James (1728-1779),
Circumnavigator and Explorer, lived in a house on this site.
A memorial tablet of slate erected in 1970 on the site of Cook's house with an inscription commemorating the bicentenary of his landing at Botany Bay, New South Wales
88 Mile End Road, E1
Tower Hamlets 1970
DEFOE, Daniel (1661-1731),
Novelist, lived in a house on this site.
95 Stoke Newington Church Street, N16
Hackney 1932
FLANAGAN, Bud (1896-1968),
Comedian and Leader of the 'Crazy Gang', born here.
12 Hanbury Street, E1
Tower Hamlets 1996
FLYING BOMB
the first Flying Bomb on London fell here, 13 June 1944.
Replaces plaque erected by GLC in 1985 and subsequently stolen.
Railway Bridge, Grove Road, Bow, E3
Tower Hamlets 1988
GANDHI, Mahatma (1869-1948),
Philosopher and Teacher, stayed here in 1931.
Kingsley Hall, Powis Road, E3
Tower Hamlets 1954
GARTHWAITE, Anna Maria (1690-1763),
Designer of Spitalfields Silks, lived and worked here.
2 Princelet Street, Spitalfields, E1
Tower Hamlets 1998
GERTLER, Mark (1891-1939),
Painter, lived here.
32 Elder Street, E1
Tower Hamlets 1975
GOSSE, Philip Henry.
Here lived Philip Henry GOSSE (1810-1888), Zoologist; and Sir Edmund GOSSE (1849-1928), Writer and Critic, born here.
56 Mortimer Road, N1
Hackney 1983
GREAT EASTERN, The
Launched 1858. Largest steamship of the century, was built here by I.K. (Isambard Kingdom) BRUNEL (1806-1859), Civil Engineer and J. (John) Scott RUSSELL (1808-1882), Naval Architect.
(Re-erection of LCC plaque removed in 1974)
Burrells Wharf, 262 West Ferry Road, E14
Tower Hamlets 1954
GREEN, John Richard (1837-1883),
Historian of the English people, lived here 1866-1869.
St Philip's Vicarage, Newark Street, E1
Tower Hamlets 1910
GROSER, Reverend St. John (1890-1966),
Priest and Social Reformer, lived here.
Royal Foundation of St Katherine, 2 Butcher Row, E14
Tower Hamlets 1990
HOWARD, Ebenezer (1850-1928),
Pioneer of the Garden City Movement, lived here
50 Durley Road, Stamford Hill, N16
Hackney 1991
HUGHES, Mary (1860-1941),
Friend of all in need, lived and worked here 1926-1941.
71 Vallance Road, E2
Tower Hamlets 1961
LLOYD, Marie (1870-1922),
Music Hall Artiste, lived here.
55 Graham Road, E8
Hackney 1977
MALLON, Dr Jimmy, CH (1874-1961),
Warden of Toynbee Hall, Champion of Social Reform, lived here.
Toynbee Hall, Commercial Street, E1
Tower Hamlets 1984
PRIORY of St John the Baptist, Holywell, and the THEATRE.
The site of this building forms part of what was once the precinct of the Priory of St John the Baptist, Holywell.
Within a few yards stood from 1577 to 1598 the first London building specially devoted to the performance of plays and known as 'The Theatre'.
86-88 Curtain Road, EC2
Hackney 1920
ROE, Alliott Verdon.
Under these arches Alliott Verdon ROE assembled his AVRO No. 1 triplane. In July 1909 he made the first all-British powered flight from Walthamstow Marshes.
Railway arches at Walthamstow Marsh Railway Viaduct, Walthamstow Marshes, E17
Waltham Forest 1983
ROSENBERG, Isaac (1890-1918),
Poet and Painter, lived in the East End and studied here.
Whitechapel Library, 77 High Street, E1
Tower Hamlets 1987
STRYPE STREET.
Formerly Strype's Yard, derives its name from the fact that the house of John STRYPE, Silk Merchant, was situated there. At that house was born in 1643 his son John STRYPE, Historian and Biographer, who died in 1737.
10 Leyden Street, E1
Tower Hamlets 1929
WAINWRIGHT, Lincoln Stanhope (1847-1929),
Vicar of St Peter's, London Docks, lived here 1884-1929.
Clergy House, Wapping Lane, E1
Tower Hamlets 1961
WILLOUGHBY, Sir Hugh.
This plaque is in memory of Sir Hugh WILLOUGHBY (d.1554), Stephen BOROUGH (1525-1585), William BOROUGH (1536-1599), Sir Martin FROBISHER (1535?-1594), and other navigators who, in the latter half of the sixteenth century, set sail from this reach of the River Thames near Ratcliff Cross to explore the Northern Seas.
King Edward Memorial Park, Shadwell, E1
Tower Hamlets 1922
ZANGWILL, Israel (1864-1926),
Writer and Philanthropist, lived here.
288 Old Ford Road, Bethnal Green, E2
Tower Hamlets 1965
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