In Elizabethan times, a favourite spot for archery contests.
Edward Lear, 1812 - 1888, born and lived nearby in Bowman's Lodge.
Historic Site - London Borough of Islington
N7, Bowman's Mews
Bowman's Lodge, the house in which he was born, had a splendid view and Lear's earliest memory was of being wrapped in a blanket and held up at a window to see the illuminations celebrating the Battle of Waterloo.
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Edward Lear - N7
An elegant house with views across countryside. Edward Lear's stockbroker fa...
From the Norman period, at least, until the introduction of firearms in the 1...
Born Bowman's Lodge, (now Bowman's Mews), the penultimate of 21 children. Art...
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Edward Lear - N7
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