Haydn Wood, 1882 - 1959, composer, a much-loved master of British light music, lived here.
Lissenden Gardens Tenants Association
Heritage Lottery Fund
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
Violinist and composer of light music. Born Yorkshire into a musical family, ...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Haydn Wood
The National Lottery Heritage Fund (rebranded 2019), formerly the Heritage Lo...
When we first researched this area in 2008 there were three plaques erected b...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Haydn Wood
This plaque was located here for a short time. Although English Heritage is credited, they were not involved in its erection, which proba...
There were 16 of these open-book style ground plaques, marking the corners of blocks A - D, the 4 main large blocks of buildings in WW2 C...
Lt, Henry R. Bowers lived here, 1891 - 1897, perished with Captain Scott in the Antarctic, 1912. Bexley Civic Society
English Heritage Sir William Ramsay, 1852-1916 chemist, discoverer of the noble gases, lived here, 1887-1902.
The Biblical quotation at the end of the inscription is from 1 John 3:16. This is a very unusual style for a WW1 memorial and we think i...
