Tag: Edwin Henry Eugene Fletcher

Edward Henry Fletcher was born in Hammersmith on the 23rd July 1857. He was the son of a Bengal river pilot, and having spent his early years in India, the family returned to England while he was still a boy. He was educated at the Christ’s Hospital and later at the Chelsea School of Art.…

Blackwall is a locale in East London, located in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets and also forms part of the Port of London and the conservation area of Coldharbour. Blackwall’s name presumably derives from the colour of the river wall, built in the Middle Ages with its stairs. It was known as Blackwall by at…