Plaque

Bloomsbury Group - Gordon Square

Inscription

Here and in neighbouring houses during the first half of the 20th century there lived several members of the Bloomsbury Group, including Virginia Woolf, Clive Bell and the Stracheys.
Erected by Camden London Borough Council

Site: Bloomsbury Group - Gordon Square (1 memorial)

WC1, Gordon Square, 50

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Bloomsbury Group - Gordon Square

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Bloomsbury Group

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Clive Bell

Art critic and writer, married Vanessa Stephen, sister of Virginia Woolf.

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Lytton Strachey

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Virginia Woolf

Born as Adeline Virginia Stephen in Hyde Park Gate, London. Drowned herself i...

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Camden Council

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