Credit for this entry to:
Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
{Around the London Borough of Merton coat of arms:}
Merton Place.
Sixty metres (200 feet) to the south east was 'Merton Place', the only house ever owned (1801 - 1805) by Admiral Lord Nelson and from which he set out for the Battle of Trafalgar. Lady Hamilton also lived here 1801 - 1808.
SW19, Merton High Street, Doel Close
We've read at London Gardens Online that the house was actually where Nelson Grove Road now is.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Merton Place
Country house, built about 1750 for Henry Pratt. Lord Nelson arrived here in ...
A sea battle that took place off Cape Trafalgar on the south west coast of Sp...
Mistress of Lord Nelson. Born Amy, Emma or Emy Lyon at Ness, Cheshire. Her ea...
Born in Burnham Thorpe, Norfolk. Naval commander who became a national hero a...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Merton Place
Formed under the London Government Act 1963, by the merger of the Municipal B...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Merton Place
There is another trough with the same inscription further west along the road.
From the dates, this plaque was erected first in 1689 on the original 1666 al...
This stone was laid by Sebastian Earl to commemorate the extension of Hornsey...
The plaque refers to the unveiling day being 'Election Day'. There was no Gen...
