[1][2] The Angell Town Estate was originally built in the 1970s as a set of blocks linked by a deck-access system.

[3] Following the efforts of local resident and community leader Dora Boatemah, the estate was extensively redeveloped in the early 2000s in an attempt to remove the architectural problems that had exacerbated the estate's social problems.

[4][5] The neighbourhood, which predates the estate, was named after John Angell, and first developed in the mid 19th century.

[6][7] The local parish is St John, Angell Town, Brixton, in the Diocese of Southwark, and the local church is St John the Evangelist Church, Angell Town, originally constructed in 1852–3.

There is a will dated 21 September 1774, of which the original copy is held at the P.R.O - Ref: L.PROB10/2997 1C/409.