The Eagle Tavern, Grecian theatre, pleasure grounds, Grecian saloon & Olympic theatre, stood here, 1825 - 1899. Here Marie Lloyd, music hall artiste, made her first public performance in 1885.
N1, Shepherdess Place, The Eagle pub
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Eagle Tavern - plaque
Spitlefields Life has an excellent write-up of the 19th century entertainment...
Music hall artiste. Born Matilda Alice Victoria Wood at 36 Plumber Street, Ho...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Eagle Tavern - plaque
There seems to be a number of buildings in the Kennedy Estate. For example on the other side of Newington Green Road there is John Kenne...
The base can be seen in our photo immediately behind the 'open book' which is the replacement memorial.
The modern information board at the entrance to the gardens points out that the three Prime Ministers lived here at different times. It w...
Celia Fiennes, 1662 - 1741, traveller and diarist, lived in a house near this site from 1738, and died here. London Borough of Hackney
Not easy to spot, this plaque is laid into the ground, slightly right of centre in our photo.
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