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.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Edward Lear - N7
An elegant house with views across countryside. Â Edward Lear's stockbroker fa...
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
The Islington Book of Remembrance is an impressive undertaking: the database ...
William Ewart, 1798 - 1869, reformer, lived here. London County CouncilÂ
As one might guess from the tatty state of the plaque this 1985 building has had a number of names in its short life, including: Kentish ...
The Hackney Citizen reported that the names on the plaque are all "late African-Caribbean musicians with 'strong ties' to Hackney".
The plaques are just visible in our photo, to the left of the third column from the right. This was built as the South West Essex Techni...
The poppy and the British Legion crest both suggest that this memorial is commemorating the British dead of WW1 and WW2 and other wars si...
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