D. H. Lawrence, 1885 - 1930, novelist and poet, lived here in 1915.
Greater London Council
NW3, Byron Villas, Vale of Health, 1
2025: The Standard reported on this flat being for sale, saying that the 2-bedroom ground floor flat was Lawrence's first residence in London. He and his wife, Frieda, moved in in June 1915 and left at the end of December the same year. They moved to north Cornwall. The house was built in 1903.
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D. H. Lawrence - Hampstead
Novelist and poet (also painter). Born Eastwood, Nottinghamshire. Died Vence,...
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D. H. Lawrence - Hampstead
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Tommy Cooper, 1921 - 1984, comedian, lived here 1955 - 1984. English Heritage
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