Robert Browning, 1812 - 1889, poet, lived in a cottage near this site, 1841 - 1846.
The cottage was 'Telegraph Cottage' which Browning described as "resembling a goose pie' but we can find no image. It was named for the telegraph station on what is now Telegraph Hill, a few streets to the south.
Site: Robert Browning - SE14 (1 memorial)
SE14, Jerningham Road, Haberdashers Aske's Hatcham College
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
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