Peacock Inn stood here, 1564 - 1962
Historic Site, London Borough of Islington
N1, Islington High Street, 11
A London Inheritance gives: "The large brick building was the final version of the Peacock and dates from 1931. The small building on the right is all that survives of the terrace that formed the 1700 version of the Peacock."
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Peacock Inn
From Islington Council:"Four inns are known to have occupied this site, with ...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Peacock Inn
The Islington Book of Remembrance is an impressive undertaking: the database ...
The plaque is by the Belgrave Place entrance to the building.
Possibly the loveliest plaque in London, though it has strong competition from Sir Edward Elgar and Sophie Fedorovitch.
The Listing entry gives the history of the building: "... On the Tithe map of 1801 there are narrow rectangular buildings in the plot now...
The west, road, side of this plaque carries a relief, by Winifred Turner, showing a bearded blind man being guided by a child - see photo...
This garden used to have a low wall along the boundary with the pavement and the plaque was mounted on that. But, 2012, we noticed that ...
Raleigh had died in the April preceding the laying of this stone.
Over 17,000 German and other civilian prisoners of war were interned at Alexandra Palace between 1914 and 1919. British Association for Local History says up to 3,000 internees slept in rows of pla...
Two other officers were crippled for life. The plaque does not mention the Sidney Street Siege but it is so closely connected we've added...
Jackie Free, British jazz trombonist. Born in Leytonstone, lived here between 1932 - 1954 "A fine trombone man" (Louis Armstrong 1956) Wa...
The roundels on the north, river-facing, frontage are occupied by, left to right: Anson, Drake, Cook, Howard, Blake, Benbow, Sandwich, Ro...
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