Fiction   

Frankenstein

Character created by Mary Shelley in her eponymous book.

The Somers Town Mural supposedly shows "Head of Frankenstein". We can't see it in the mural but suspect that the head of Frankenstein's monster is what is actually depicted - a common error that we have smugly avoided in our picture.

This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Frankenstein

Commemorated ati

Mary Shelley

English Heritage Mary Shelley, 1797-1851, author of Frankenstein, lived here,...

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Percy & Mary Shelley

After their elopement in July 1814 the Shelleys lived here with Claire Clairm...

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Somers Town Mural

This mural was commissioned by the GLC in 1980 and moved to this site by St P...

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Other Subjects

Roman Camp - N7

Roman Camp - N7

There is little evidence to support the existence of this camp.  So, rather cheekily, we've categorised it as "Fictional".  

Place, Fictional, Romans

1 memorial
Count Dracula

Count Dracula

Famous vampire created by Stoker as the eponymous hero (?) of his 1897 novel.

Fiction, Cinema, Fictional, Seriously Famous, Transylvania

2 memorials
Charles Kitterbell

Charles Kitterbell

A character in Charles Dickens' sketches by Boz "The Bloomsbury Christening".

Fiction, Fictional

1 memorial
Paddington Bear

Paddington Bear

Our picture is one of the illustrations by Peggy Fortnum.

Fiction, Fictional, Seriously Famous

2 memorials
Blithe Spirit

Blithe Spirit

Written by Noel Coward this play, first performed in Manchester in 1941, moved in 1942 to The Duchess Theatre where it was performed 1997 times, a record at the time. It was filmed by David Lean i...

Fiction, Cinema, Fictional, Theatre

1 memorial