Gerard Manley Hopkins SJ, 1844 - 1889, priest and poet, lived in Oakhill Park 1852 - 1863.
"The World is charged with the grandeur of God"
Erected by the Hampstead Plaque Fund
NW3, Oak Hill Way, Oakhill House
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Gerard Manley Hopkins - NW3
Poet and Jesuit priest. Born 87 The Grove, Stratford, of Welsh ancestry. 1852...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Gerard Manley Hopkins - NW3
The Hampstead Plaque fund was set up, many years ago, by Ralph Wade and has b...
A London Inheritance explains that only the lower section of wall is actually Roman. The top, brick, section is from 1477 when the City W...
Hall opened consulting rooms at number 139 in 1945 and when his practice needed more space moved next door into the 6th floor of number 140.
2024: IanVisits reported that "An exhibition about George Seferis has opened inside the Greek Ambassador’s home".
We think this plaque was probably erected in 1882 when the land was repurposed from burial ground to a garden, but a lot of the inscripti...
This Lodge was built in 1886 for the gardener of the crescent. 9a Gainsborough Gardens, 1891, was designed by Elijah Hoole for Octavia H...
Born Ireland, brother to Alexander. Moved his drapery business to London in 1857. Liberal MP 1868-85. Lord Mayor of London 1880-1. Supported a Methodist College in Ireland.
Comments are provided by Facebook, please ensure you are signed in here to see them