Erection date: 1984
Henry Williamson, writer, 1895 - 1977, lived here, (1902 - 1920), presented by the Henry Williamson Society.
Borough of Lewisham
SE4, Eastern Road, 21
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Henry Williamson
Writer. Born at 66 Braxfield Road, Brockley. His best known work, 'Tarka the ...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Henry Williamson
The Henry Williamson Society possesses a small archive, consisting chiefly of...
The Borough of Lewisham was formed as an amalgamation of the Metropolitan Bor...
Lt, Henry R. Bowers lived here, 1891 - 1897, perished with Captain Scott in the Antarctic, 1912. Bexley Civic Society
Above the entrance at the left: "1883". above the two large windows: "Wesleyan Schools". Now, 2021, residential. The plaques, which we h...
See a similar plaque in N7 for information about them.
plaque inside building at top of stairway directly facing entrance
A trained architect, Ventris and his wife designed this house for themselves and their family.
The church seems to have occupied a site between St Martin's-le-Grand and Foster Lane. Destroyed in the Great Fire its ruins were, amazingly, not removed until the early 1800s.
Born Devonport. Royal Navy Antarctic explorer. With four companions, E.A. Wilson, H.R. Bowers, L.E.G. Oates, E. Evans, died returning from the South Pole, having been pipped at the post by Amundsen...
The seat below the plaque is in the form of a book with the Bear himself painted on one side so you can sit beside him. We wonder how man...
Illegitimate son of Nell Gwynne and Charles II. Born at his mother's house in Lincoln's Inn Fields. Served the monarch as a soldier in a number of battles. Died at Bath.
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