Erection date: 11/6/2011
Near this site during the Peasants' Revolt, 1381, Highbury Manor was burnt and destroyed.
London Borough of Islington
Islington People's Plaque
Plaque unveiled by Tony Benn.
N5, Highbury Park, 26, Highbury Barn Pub
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Peasants' Revolt & Highbury Manor
It was built for the Lord of the Priory of St John of Jerusalem. The site may...
The revolt grew out of the increasing severity of the poll taxes imposed on t...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Peasants' Revolt & Highbury Manor
The Islington Book of Remembrance is an impressive undertaking: the database ...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Peasants' Revolt & Highbury Manor
While the plaque is in Holland Street, the address is 56 Hornton Street.
Yes, there are two different (but correct) spellings of the name of the borough, even on the same plaque (Harringay / Haringey). Actor J...
The western entrance is this porch but we can find no details of how it was improved in 1877, nor can we find anything about the architec...
These plaques were originally located on the buildings of the Teddington Studios in Broom Road. The studios were closed and demolished in...
We thank our colleague Alan Patient for providing the photographs of the plaques.
