Rabindranath Tagore, 1861 - 1941, Indian poet, stayed here in 1912.
London County Council
Tagore rented the house for about 3 weeks or a few months (depending on source) on one of him many visits to Britain.
NW3, Vale of Health, 3, Villas on the Heath
2017: There are plans to acquire this house and convert it into a museum-memorial.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Tagore
Bengali poet and philosopher. First non-European Nobel Laureate. Born into a ...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Tagore
Prior to the LCC London matters were run by church parishes. The LCC was the ...
We can find no maker, nor date for the erection of this memorial, but its position (outside and to the left of the loggia), the quality o...
William Makepeace Thackeray, (1811-1863), novelist, lived here, 1854-1862. L.C.C.
Speedie, resident tortoise, 1978 to 2014, is buried nearby. Slayer of bananas & busy lizzies.
According to Enfield Borough this plaque, together with the remaining plaque, was "at Enfield Town Railway Station in lobby, on east wall...
This building was the first to operate solely as a public post office in Westminster. It was this article in Londonist that drew our att...
This building was put up in 1951 by architects Ronald Ward and Partners. Ornamental Passions has an excellent report on the building.
Immediately north of this panel are 7 other similar architectural panels relating to the Bankers Clearing House which was also on this site.
Railway arches were used as air raid shelters in WW2, as they were relatively secure. In the case of Druid Street however, they couldn't survive a direct hit. Depending on source, the number of dea...
Burnt at the stake in Bow (or possibly Stratford) for his Protestant beliefs.
Copenhagen House was a famous tavern & tea-garden which stood in what is now Copenhagen Park, N7, from early 17th century until 1855. The name either comes from the King of Denmark who stayed i...
Place, Architecture, Commerce, Food & Drink, Politics & Administration, Denmark
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