Plaque

Barbara Pym

Erection date: 1985

Inscription

Barbara Pym, 1913 - 1980, novelist, lived here, 1960 - 1972.

From a paper presented at the 2012 conference of the North American Barbara Pym Society we deduce that the plaque was erected in or before the mid 1980s, by whom we cannot discover.

Site: Barbara Pym (1 memorial)

NW6, Brooksville Avenue, 40

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Barbara Pym

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Barbara Pym

Novelist. Born as Barbara Mary Crampton Pym in Oswestry, Shropshire. Lived in...

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