Braidwood Academy for the Deaf and Dumb, first school in England for the education of the deaf & dumb. Run by Thomas Braidwood. Stood on this site, 1783 - 1799.
London Borough of Hackney
E9, Chatham Place
The name of the house in which the school was housed started as Bowling Green House.  It was changed to Grove House. see our page for the Academy for more about this building and others used by the Academy.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Braidwood Academy
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This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Braidwood Academy
Hackney Council was created in 1965 from the 3 Metropolitan Borough Councils ...
Compare the text on this plaque with that on the filmmaker's plaque in Brussels.
G.A. Henty, 1832 - 1902, author, lived here. London County Council
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Lee Alexander McQueen, 1969 - 2010, fashion designer, lived here from 2001 - 2005. London Borough of Islington Islington People's Plaque
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