Dr Samuel Johnson, author, lived here. B. 1709. D. 1784.
{In the border, interleaved with the links of a chain, are the letters of:}
Erected by the Society of Arts
EC4, Gough Square, 17, Dr Johnson's House
The house is a museum, open to the public and contains many pictures of Johnson and his friends. The Barber plaque is on the railings below the Johnson one.
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Samuel Johnson's house
Essayist, biographer, lexicographer and speaker of quotes. Born Lichfield, St...
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Samuel Johnson's house
Founded by William Shipley as the "Society of Arts" in Rawthmell's Coffee Hou...
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Samuel Johnson's house
We photographed the plaque some years ago, but did not get a picture of the building on which it was located. We have checked around the ...
At the north end of Post Office Court, attached to the west wall adjoining St Mary Woolnoth, are six salvaged carved panels. We have numb...
This site was formerly occupied by the Red Hall Picture Palace. Built in 1913, the Red Hall was part of the first wave of new British pic...
Note the logo - this is not the English Heritage logo; similar but not the same.
Benny Hill, 1922-1992, comedian, lived here 1960-1986, The Dead Comics Society.
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