It was built for the Lord of the Priory of St John of Jerusalem. The site may have been used by the Romans as a summer camp. It was destroyed by the mob led by Jack Straw during the Peasants' Revolt, who were 'so offended by the wealth and haughtiness' of the Knights Hospitallers.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
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Highbury Manor
The photograph appears under Stoke Newington Manor House on the Hackney Plaques and Local History website. There is no further explanation. Maybe it shows excavations at the site.
3rd son of Henry and Agne Goulding. Married Elizabeth Lacraft in 1601.
Originally an extension of Butterwick House. This 1866 map shows Butterwick House (opposite St Pauls Church) with Bradmore House as an extension on the north. British History Online has some evide...
Sylvia Pankhurst lived here 1933 - 1956. It was demolished probably sometime 1970 - 1995 and the site is now occupied by the Tamar Square development.
Hospital for women and children. Founded by surgeons Eleanor Davies-Colley and Maud Chadburn. Throughout its existence, it was staffed by women only. The original building was designed by Sir Edwin...
Anglo-Irish suffragist, socialist, pacifist, Sinn Féin activist, and novelist. She was a founding member of the Women's Freedom League, Women's Peace Crusade, and the Irish Women's Franchise League...
Hector Hugh Munro, alias Saki, 1870 - 1916, short story writer, lived here. English Heritage
Resident of Willesden who volunteered and died in the Anglo Boer War, 1899-1900. Died of fever at Pretoria.
When Czechoslovakia was occupied by the Nazis, more than two thousand Czech airmen joined the Royal Air Force to fight the Germans, and many took part in the Battle of Britain.
Group, Armed Forces, Aviation, Community / Clubs, Czechoslovakia
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