Edgar Allan Poe, 1809 - 1849, writer and poet, was a pupil at the Manor House School (1817 - 1820), which stood on this site.
London Borough of Hackney
N16, Stoke Newington Church Street, 172
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Edgar Allan Poe - N16 - Plaque 1
Boarding School. First mentioned in 1813, but probably built some years befor...
Author and poet. Born Edgar Poe in Boston, Massachusetts, he added Allan to h...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Edgar Allan Poe - N16 - Plaque 1
Hackney Council was created in 1965 from the 3 Metropolitan Borough Councils ...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Edgar Allan Poe - N16 - Plaque 1
Poe Unveiled by Steven Berkoff on 4 June 2011. The Flicker Club The Edgar All...
Thomas Attwood, 1765 - 1838, composer and organist at St Paul's Cathedral and the Chapel Royal, lived and died here. Erected by the Wheel...
Douglas Macmillan, 1884 - 1969, founder of Macmillan Cancer Relief, lived here. English Heritage
The plaque can just be seen in our photo, to the right of the door. From Times Property: The area was fashionable in 1750, when Walter b...
This way was called Fountain Court until 1883 from the Fountain Tavern which stood on this site.
The (wooden) plaque adds two years to his life.
Poet and artist. Except for 3 years spent on the coast near Bognor, Blake lived his whole life in London, making his living as an engraver. Born at 28 Broad Street, now Broadwick Street (the memori...
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