Erection date: /9/1995
London Borough of Lewisham
Edith Nesbit, 1858-1924, children's writer & poet, lived here, 1882-1885.
Plaque unveiled by Fern Ravandi, her great-granddaughter.
SE13, Elswick Road, 28
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Edith Nesbit
Author and poet. Wrote approximately 40 books for children including 'The Rai...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Edith Nesbit
The Borough of Lewisham was formed as an amalgamation of the Metropolitan Bor...
Reading right to left: De Pass; Rhodes-Moorhouse; Keysor; Campbell; Dunville; Colyer-Fergusson; Hewitt; Elliott-Cooper; Watson; Drummond;...
Here, in early life, lived John Henry Cardinal Newman. Born 1801 : Died 1890.
The memorial is hand-made and all the better for it. The serif typeface is unique and ornate. Framed and boxed behind glass, the manuscr...
This plaque was first erected in the Sandemanian Chapel, at the same time, 1906, as the "MF" one. It was removed and put on display in th...
The plaques are down at skirting-board level, one is hidden by the table outside the PDSA and the other is largely hidden by the pedestri...
