Erection date: 1885
Madame D'Arblay (Fanny Burney), authoress, lived here. Born 1752. Died 1840.
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Erected by the Society of Arts
Erected in 1885 this is the oldest surviving "blue" plaque to a woman.
W1, Bolton Street, 11
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Fanny Burney
Born King's Lynn, Norfolk, father was Dr Charles Burney. Diarist, novelist:...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Fanny Burney
Founded by William Shipley as the "Society of Arts" in Rawthmell's Coffee Hou...
Opened in 1754 as the burial ground for St Andrew's Holborn but full and closed by 1850. The site now occupied by the splendidly Art Deco...
Mill lived at this address, 1837 - 1851, with his mother and sister.
Herman Melville stayed at number 25 for two months in 1849. 2021: This house is available to rent (£19,500 a month, since you ask). Mans...
The plaque is around the corner, visible from Highshore Road.
There were at least 3 designs for lamps along the Thames Embankments. This one, by Timothy Butler, was used rarely so it is a pleasure to...
Painter. Born in East Bergholt, on the Essex/Suffolk border. From 1819 Constable spent much of his time in Hampstead and many of his finest paintings are of Hampstead landscapes. He died in Fitzrov...
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