{Beside the London Borough of Merton coat of arms:}
Eagle House
A fine Queen Anne house built in the Dutch style in 1705, probably for Fernando Mendez, a royal physician. The land was originally owned by Walter Raleigh. In Victorian times, it was part of the Holborn Union Workhouse School.
CR4, London Road, 224
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Eagle House - Merton
The school was part of a huge workhouse complex which gave basic education to...
Physician. Born Fernando Moses Mendez (or Mendes) in Beira, Portugal. Came to...
Courtier, explorer, author and puddle-coverer. Born Devon. Became a favouri...
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Eagle House - Merton
Formed under the London Government Act 1963, by the merger of the Municipal B...
This plaque was unveiled on 18 September 2020 at a small memorial ceremony but was not erected on the building until some time in November.
Jenny Agutter who played Roberta 'Bobbie' Waterbury in the 1970 film of The Railway Children, took part in the unveiling of the plaque.
Borough Tube Station This was a station of the City and South London Railway that opened in 1890. The line was the world's first undergro...
Margery Allingham, 1904 - 1966, writer of crime fiction and creator of Albert Campion, lived here, 1916 - 1926. City of Westminster
A compositor arranged type ready for printing, by manually putting individual metal letters into the required sequence.
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