Sir Edward Elgar lived in a house on this site, 1911 - 1921. Here he composed The Music Makers, Falstaff, The Spirit of England.
Erected by the Hampstead Plaque Fund
NW3, Netherhall Gardens, 42 - 44
The Elgars called this home Severn House, to remember the Worcestershire countryside. Elgar Memorial Trust have a photo and floor plan of the house and a suggestion that it was designed by Richard Norman Shaw.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Sir Edward Elgar - NW3
Born in Broadheath, near Worcester. First moved to London on his marriage in...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Sir Edward Elgar - NW3
The Hampstead Plaque fund was set up, many years ago, by Ralph Wade and has b...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Sir Edward Elgar - NW3
The photograph of the plaque is taken from Derek Sumeray's book 'Discovering ...
We can't find an image of the school that was bombed. An early school appears on this 1895 map, occupying the northern part of the site, ...
When this plaque was unveiled the wall was part of the Public Record Office. It is now King's College Library.
Unsurprisingly the International Ripperologists Society doesn't seem to exist other than as part of this misconceived museum.
The station is on the Piccadilly line. We usually aim to show photographs of the exteriors of London underground stations, because of the...
2013: The ground floor is occupied by the Shooting Star pub, the upper floors are residential.
