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...
After we'd posted this our colleague Andrew Behan added some biographical details for the two men.
Above the entrance at the left: "1883". above the two large windows: "Wesleyan Schools". Now, 2021, residential. The plaques, which we h...
Borough of Lewisham Thankfull Sturdee, 1852 - 1934, local historian and photographer, lived here, 1900-1903.
L.C.C. John Hughlings Jackson, (1835 - 1911), physician, lived here.
The Surveyors Club was formed in 1792 but the modern group was formed in 1868 at a meeting in London's Westminster Palace Hotel. It received a royal charter on 26 August 1881. Its HQ has been at t...
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