Erection date: 9/10/1985
Historic House
The London home from 1970 of Benjamin Britten, composer (1913 - 1976).
London Borough of Islington
Unveiled by Sir Peter Pears.
N1, Halliford Street, 8b
Plaque actually in Morton Road. Britten and Peter Pears had a studio here from 1970 to 1976.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Benjamin Britten - N1
Composer. Born Lowestoft on St Cecilia's Day (patron saint of music). Royal C...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Benjamin Britten - N1
The Islington Book of Remembrance is an impressive undertaking: the database ...
Tenor singer. Born Farnham. Lived with Benjamin Britten, who composed for hi...
These two plaques tell a complex story which we only fully understood once we found this UCL paper. Erskine Clarke, vicar of St Mary's Ch...
At British Military Badges we found a similar plaque on sale for £250: “Moulded ivory coloured bakelite wall plaque. Measures approx. 35 ...
Francis Crick, O.M. F.R.S., 1916 - 2004, eminent scientist, Nobel laureate, discoverer of the structure of D.N.A. & the genetic code,...
Greater London Council Rufus Isaacs, 1st Marquess of Reading, 1860 - 1935, lawyer and statesman, lived and died here.
As far as we know (and we have walked the full length) this is the only such plaque on the New River. Finsbury Park was created in 1869 ...
The clock can be seen in our site picture and you'll undestand why we chose to honour the plaque with a photo, in preference to the clock.
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