In Elizabethan times, a favourite spot for archery contests.
Edward Lear, 1812 - 1888, born and lived nearby in Bowman's Lodge.
Historic Site - London Borough of Islington
N7, Bowman's Mews
Bowman's Lodge, the house in which he was born, had a splendid view and Lear's earliest memory was of being wrapped in a blanket and held up at a window to see the illuminations celebrating the Battle of Waterloo.
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Edward Lear - N7
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From the Norman period, at least, until the introduction of firearms in the 1...
Born Bowman's Lodge, (now Bowman's Mews), the penultimate of 21 children. Art...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Edward Lear - N7
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Greater London Council Sir Charles Wyndham, 1837 - 1919, actor-manager, lived and died here.
Harold Laski, 1893 - 1950, teacher and political philosopher lived here, 1926 - 1950. Greater London Council
The inscription is distressed to the extent that it is partially illegible. We believe it refers to the same gift as that on one of the p...
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