The Eagle Tavern, Grecian theatre, pleasure grounds, Grecian saloon & Olympic theatre, stood here, 1825 - 1899. Here Marie Lloyd, music hall artiste, made her first public performance in 1885.
N1, Shepherdess Place, The Eagle pub
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Eagle Tavern - plaque
Spitlefields Life has an excellent write-up of the 19th century entertainment...
Music hall artiste. Born Matilda Alice Victoria Wood at 36 Plumber Street, Ho...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Eagle Tavern - plaque
There is another pavement plaque for him in SE16 which was unveiled on the same day.
Prior to about 1840 this site was occupied by Wellington Cricket Ground. The almshouses were built as part of a complex of buildings inc...
The architects of the 1933 building were Mewes & Davis (inscribed on a stone near the entrance), and of the 1964 building, Julian Sof...
English Heritage Sir Laurence Gomme, 1853 - 1916, clerk to the London County Council, folklorist and historian, lived here, 1895 - 1909.
We believe Toynbee is now (2014) part of One Housing but mergers in the housing association world are frequent and confusing.
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