Plaque

Edgar Allan Poe - N16 - Plaque 1

Inscription

Edgar Allan Poe, 1809 - 1849, writer and poet, was a pupil at the Manor House School (1817 - 1820), which stood on this site.
London Borough of Hackney

Site: Edgar Allan Poe - N16 (3 memorials)

N16, Stoke Newington Church Street, 172

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk

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Edgar Allan Poe - N16 - Plaque 1

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Manor House School Stoke Newington

Boarding School. First mentioned in 1813, but probably built some years befor...

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Edgar Allan Poe

Author and poet. Born Edgar Poe in Boston, Massachusetts, he added Allan to h...

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Hackney Council

Hackney Council was created in 1965 from the 3 Metropolitan Borough Councils ...

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This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
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Edgar Allan Poe - N16  - Bust

Edgar Allan Poe - N16 - Bust

Here is a  video of the unveiling.

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Edgar Allan Poe - N16 - Plaque 2

Edgar Allan Poe - N16 - Plaque 2

Poe Unveiled by Steven Berkoff on 4 June 2011. The Flicker Club The Edgar All...

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