Erection date: 16/3/1932
This tablet was erected to commemorate the birthplace of George Robert Gissing (1857 - 1903) novelist and man of letters.
Site: George Gissing - Wakefield birthplace (1 memorial)
WF1, Thompson's Yard
Erection date: 16/3/1932
This tablet was erected to commemorate the birthplace of George Robert Gissing (1857 - 1903) novelist and man of letters.
WF1, Thompson's Yard
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
George Gissing - Wakefield birthplace
Goerge Robert Gissing. Novelist, best known for ‘New Grub Street’ about the h...
2014 the shop is occupied by a health food shop - perfect. 2016: Toni & Guy - oh, well.
The Freemasons commissioned this memorial to mark the 300th anniversary of The United Grand Lodge of England in 2017 and the centenary of...
Virginia Clarke, one of her former flatmates, assisted with the unveiling of the plaque.
Virginia Stephen, Virginia Woolf, 1882-1941, novelist and critic, born and lived here until 1904.
Duchess Theatre The Duchess Theatre began a distinguished career as a home for both drama and comedy when it opened with the war play "T...
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