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 ...
The gate piers with the urns, that can be seen in our photo, each have a plaque on the other, north facing, side. These are only visible ...
The plaque is on a lower deck, above where the coffin would have been placed. Havengore carried the coffin from Tower Pier to Festival Pi...
While almost devoid of decorative elements this plaque is extremely legible and long-lasting with lettering that is a pleasure to read (n...
The full name of this space is: Coram's Fields and the Harmsworth Memorial Playground.
Spender rented the ground floor and basement of this building, the upper floors of which were damaged in WW2.
Members of the cavalry of the empire who gave their lives in WW1 and WW2 and on active service thereafter.
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