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
First school in England for the education of the deaf.  Established  by Thoma...
Established an early school for the deaf. Â Born Scotland. Set up as a teacher...
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Braidwood Academy
Hackney Council was created in 1965 from the 3 Metropolitan Borough Councils ...
This Neo-Tudor block has a better-maintained twin on the other side of the road to the right. The plaque is on the bricks between the bas...
On this site stood the Paragon Works of the Brilliant Sign Company. Formed in 1888, the company patented the 'brilliant letter' shop sign...
Unveiled by Cohen's daughter, the Tesco heiress and disgraced Conservative politician Dame Shirley Porter.
Fryderyk Chopin, 1810-1849, gave his first London concert in this house, June 23 1848.
The location of the plaque is difficult to photograph because of a large hedge in front of the house. It can just be seen under the eaves...
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