Erection date: 23/11/2003
Geoffrey Chaucer, 1342 - 1400, England's greatest medieval poet and author of the "Canterbury Tales".
The Tabard Inn, site from which Chaucer's pilgrims set off in April 1386.
London Borough of Southwark - Voted by the People
Unveiled by Terry Jones of the Pythons.
SE1, Talbot Yard
The plaque is apparently on the oldest building in Talbot Yard.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Chaucer's Tabard Inn
Set up by an abbot from Winchester to give his brethren somewhere to stay in ...
Poet and administrator. Whilst living in the Aldgate, as the ‘Comptroller of ...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Chaucer's Tabard Inn
The London Borough of Southwark was created as an amalgamation of the Metropo...
R. E. Franklin, R. G. Gosling, A. R. Stokes, M. H. F. Wilkins, H. R. Wilson King's College London DNA, X-ray, diffraction studies 1953.
"Tyburn Hill"? Pancake more like! Can anyone explain this description? This is probably the foundation stone for the 1963 rebuilding.
English Heritage Anthony Salvin, 1799 - 1881, architect, lived here.
This plaque can be seen towards the left of our photo, on the brick upright.
The scaffolding next door is the result of a major fire there in January 2013. It is a large property which was/is "under refurbishment"...
But who is he? Is this his portrait? He looks rather wild. We can't identify him.
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