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Plaque

Eagle House - Merton

Inscription

{Beside the London Borough of Merton coat of arms:}
Eagle House
A fine Queen Anne house built in the Dutch style in 1705, probably for Fernando Mendez, a royal physician. The land was originally owned by Walter Raleigh. In Victorian times, it was part of the Holborn Union Workhouse School.

Site: Eagle House - Merton (1 memorial)

CR4, London Road, 224

Eagle House can be seen on this and you can see it still there on this surrounded by the Holborn Union workhouse and the Holborn Union Industrial Schools.

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

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This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Eagle House - Merton

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Holborn Union Workhouse School

The school was part of a huge workhouse complex which gave basic education to...

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Fernando Mendez

Physician. Born Fernando Moses Mendez (or Mendes) in Beira, Portugal. Came to...

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Sir Walter Raleigh

Courtier, explorer, author and puddle-coverer.  Born Devon.  Became a favouri...

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Eagle House - Merton

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London Borough of Merton

Formed under the London Government Act 1963, by the merger of the Municipal B...

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