What is recorded here
This black commemorative plaque records: On this site stood Thornhill House which in 1592 was the property of Edmund Parker and in the occupation of Sir Francis Drake
Sir Francis Drake was a renowned Elizabethan sea captain and explorer, known for his circumnavigation of the globe; Edmund Parker was an English politician and landowner who owned Thornhill House where Drake resided in 1592.
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