Plaque

Daniel Defoe

Inscription

LCC
Daniel Defoe (1661 - 1731) lived in a house on this site.

Site: Daniel Defoe (1 memorial)

N16, Defoe Road

Credit for this entry to: Ross Corben

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Daniel Defoe

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Daniel Defoe

Novelist. Born in the parish of Cripplegate, as Daniel Foe, adding the "de" l...

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This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Daniel Defoe

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London County Council

Prior to the LCC London matters were run by church parishes. The LCC was the ...

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