Braidwood Academy for the Deaf and Dumb, first school in England for the education of the deaf & dumb. Run by Thomas Braidwood. Stood on this site, 1783 - 1799.
London Borough of Hackney
E9, Chatham Place
The name of the house in which the school was housed started as Bowling Green House. It was changed to Grove House. see our page for the Academy for more about this building and others used by the Academy.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Braidwood Academy
First school in England for the education of the deaf. Established by Thoma...
Established an early school for the deaf. Born Scotland. Set up as a teacher...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Braidwood Academy
Hackney Council was created in 1965 from the 3 Metropolitan Borough Councils ...
Mazzini arrived in this house in 1840 when the address was 9 George Street.
The 1892 erection must have been on the house in which Hill lived and died, Bartram House, demolished 1905. One wonders where the plaque ...
Referring to the plaques on this second landing, as viewed by the people in our photo who are reading them the right way up: - at the lef...
David Lloyd George, Earl Lloyd George of Dwyfor, 1863 - 1945, Prime Minister, lived here. English Heritage
Londonist brought this plaque to our attention. The plaque, which is inside the shop, does not tell the whole story - see our page "first...
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