What is recorded here
This blue commemorative plaque records: Joseph Aloysius Hansom (1803 - 1882) Architect designed and built the Hansom cab here in 1835. Recorded plaque organisation: Hinckley & Bosworth Borough Council.
Joseph Aloysius Hansom was an architect known for designing the hansom cab, a popular horse-drawn carriage of the Victorian era that revolutionized urban transportation.
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