Charles Lamb was born in the chambers which formerly stood here, 10 February 1775.
"Cheerful Crown Office Row (place of my kindly engendure). . . A man would give something to have been born in such places."
An information map/board gives us "Charles Lamb was born in 2 Crown Office Row in 1775."
EC4, Crown Office Row
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Charles Lamb - EC4
Born at 2 Crown Office Row, Inner Temple. Studied at Christ's Hospital where ...
We thank Jamie Davis for finding this link to the British Pathe news film of the unveiling and this Newspaper Archive report from the Nor...
We deliberately captured part of the notice to the left of the plaque - you can work out its message. The station was closed in 2014.
Lime Grove Panorama, Doctor Who and Breakfast Time made here 1949 - 1992. BBC Heritage Trail
From Morden: "1824. Needful to enlarge the school, .. to ask Mr, Rice if he would sell adjoining cottage.. He declined to sell. Two new S...
The plaque is on a shelf inside the shop.
The V1 and V2 rockets were developed as a reaction to the heavy allied bombing of German cities towards the end of WW2. (V stands for Vergeltungswaffe - retribution weapon'). In total, over 3,000 V...
We can't see this turnpike on a map of 1790. View from the Mirror has a good general post on London turnpikes.
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