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...
There is a house, still extant, called Round Hill Cottage but Harrild lived at the big house, Round Hill House, no longer standing.
2007 and this building will not exist much longer so we were glad to find a memorial. The building is looking very sad but renovation cou...
Sir Alan Cobham, 1894 - 1973, aviator, was born here. English Heritage
This Harbour Masters Office has a rather nice 6-sided pagoda-like from. The model of the basin is on the mini-me brick pedestal. It doesn...
This garden acquired its name due to its popularity as a lunchtime garden with workers from the nearby General Post Office (long gone). ...