Sir Leonard Woolley, archaeologist and excavator of Ur, born in a house on this site, 1880.
London Borough of Hackney
E5, Southwold Road, Former number 13
The plaque can be seen in our photo, at the top of the wall, above the black car. The house was lost in 1959/60 when the bridge was raised in preparation for the electrification of the Chingford branch railway line.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Sir Leonard Woolley
Archaeologist. Born at 13 Southwold Road, Hackney. He was one of the first mo...
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This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Sir Leonard Woolley
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The plaque fails to give the year of the Second Congress - it was 1847.
We bet this corner of London looked more interesting in 1500.
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