{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
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of plaquesoflondon.co.uk
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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...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Eagle House - Merton
Formed under the London Government Act 1963, by the merger of the Municipal B...
Behind these houses is a church which was first built as a Catholic chapel to serve this Embassy.
Our photograph shows the whole four-house terrace. From the ODNB: These houses were built 1777-8, among the first houses in London to b...
Joaquim Nabuco, 1849-1910, eminent Brazilian statesman and diplomat, lived here, 1900-1905.
Not a memorial really, more a mark of ownership.
Marylebone Cricket Club This plaque was unveiled by Colin Cowdrey, President, on 1st June 1987 to mark the bi-centenary of the first mat...
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