Building    To 1880

Manor House School Stoke Newington

Categories: Education

Boarding School. First mentioned in 1813, but probably built some years before that. Its most famous pupil was Edgar Allan Poe, who was educated there from 1817 to 1820.

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk

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Manor House School Stoke Newington

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Edgar Allan Poe - N16 - Plaque 1

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