A. E. Housman, poet & classical scholar, author of 'A Shropshire Lad', lived here, 1885 - 1886.
Lovely graphic border to this plaque - ears of corn.
W2, Northumberland Place, 39
Housman was in lodgings here for a short time, 1885-6. He had also lived at number 15, 1881-2, and at nearby 82 Talbot Road, 1882-5.
Credit for this entry to: Bob Baker
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
A. E. Housman - W2
A cycle of sixty-three poems by A. E. Housman. Published in 1896, most were w...
Alfred Edward Housman. Born near Bromsgrove in Worcestershire. Classical scho...
Ettore Schmitz alias Italo Svevo, 1861-1928, writer, lived here 1903-1913. English Heritage
The web page given on the plaque plots 900 British transport heritage sites on a map and provides information about each one.
This garden acquired its name due to its popularity as a lunchtime garden with workers from the nearby General Post Office (long gone). ...
The central, rather cottagey, building has both CHT plaques, the terracotta plaque to the left of the entrance and the war damage plaque ...
The plaque fails to give the year of the Second Congress - it was 1847.
Felix Mendelssohn, 1809 - 1847, composer stayed here. English Heritage
This garden acquired its name due to its popularity as a lunchtime garden with workers from the nearby General Post Office (long gone). ...
Born Hayes, Kent. Son of William Pitt the Elder. Tory. Entered parliament in 1781, became Chancellor of the Exchequer and then, aged 24, Prime Minister: 1783-1801 and again: 1804-6. Reputed to dri...
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