London Borough of Hackney
The gateway to Abney House which stood here 1700 - 1843.
Issac Watts, hymn-writer and poet, stayed here 1734 - 1748.
Oops! The plaque has 'Issac' rather than the more common 'Isaac' and we can't find any support for this odd spelling. Hope no one lost their job over it.
N16, Stoke Newington Church Street
Entrance to Abney Park Cemetery inside which stands an imposing statue of Issac Watts.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Abney House
The house was built in 1700 and we understand it was close to Stoke Newington...
Hymn-writer, poet, theologian and logician. Born Southampton. As a non-confor...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Abney House
Hackney Council was created in 1965 from the 3 Metropolitan Borough Councils ...
Louis Kossuth, 1802 - 1894, Hungarian patriot, stayed here. London County Council
{On front of plinth:} Field Marshal The Viscount Slim, KG, CGB,GGMG, GCVO, GBE, DSO, MC 14th Army Burma, 1943 - 1945, Governor General an...
Unveiled in the presence of Joy, his widow, and their son, Dominique.
Dickens' home was at 16 Bayham Street where he stayed as a boy. That particular address no longer exists, but this plaque is in place at ...
We don't know when the tree was planted but presume it was a sapling at the time. We photographed it in 2013 so anyone who knows their tr...
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