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 ...
The blue plaque is next to the lower right window of the building, and the foundation stone is on the right of the doorway. The Hunt and...
Drapers' Hall On this site, once part of the Augustine Priory, Thomas Cromwell built his palace and in 1536 plotted the downfall of Anne ...
Greater London Council Colen Campbell, 1676 - 1729, architect and author of Vitruvius Britannicus, lived and died here.
This site can be found at the east bound Circle Line platform. To the right of the monument there is an unusual charity collecting box ma...
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
