Plaque

Haydn Wood

Inscription

Haydn Wood, 1882 - 1959, composer, a much-loved master of British light music, lived here.
Lissenden Gardens Tenants Association
Heritage Lottery Fund

Site: Tawney & Wood (2 memorials)

NW5, Lissenden Gardens, Parliament Hill Mansions, 21 - 30

The Tawney plaque is on the first floor, Wood on the second.

This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Haydn Wood

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Haydn Wood

Violinist and composer of light music. Born Yorkshire into a musical family, ...

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

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Heritage Lottery Fund

The National Lottery Heritage Fund (rebranded 2019), formerly the Heritage Lo...

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Lissenden Gardens Tenants Association

When we first researched this area in 2008 there were three plaques erected b...

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This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Haydn Wood

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R. H. Tawney

R. H. Tawney

Lissenden Gardens Tenants Association R.H. Tawney, 1880 - 1962, economic his...

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