Gilbert Keith Chesterton was born here, 29th May 1874.
Are we proud of spotting this small, dark plaque? You bet we are!
W8, Sheffield Terrace, 32 - 34
Chesterton at 32. Carlile at 34, behind the scaffolding.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
G. K. Chesterton - birth
Writer. Born 32 Sheffield Terrace, Campden Hill, as Gilbert Keith Chesterton....
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
G. K. Chesterton - birth
Prebendary Wilson Carlile, 1847 - 1942, founder of the Church Army, lived her...
Margaret McMillan C.H, C.B.E, 1860 - 1931, & Rachel McMillan, 1859 - 1917, social reformers and educationalists, lived here, 1910 - 1...
English Heritage Sir Henry Segrave, 1896 - 1930, world speed record holder, lived here in flat No.6, 1917 - 1920.
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...
The H.G. Wells Society H.G. Wells, author, 1866 - 1946, lived and worked here, 1930 - 1936.
The first church on this site was built as a Catholic chapel to serve the Portuguese Embassy behind it, in Golden Square.
