Erection date: 19/5/2015
James Hadley Chase, 1906 - 1985, author, was born here with the name René Brabazon Raymond.
Ealing Civic Society
W5, Woodfield Avenue, 4
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
James Hadley Chase
Thriller writer. Born at the site of the plaque as René Lodge Brabazon Raymon...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
James Hadley Chase
Site of Old Serjeant's Inn, 1415 - 1910 {In the border, top and bottom:} The Corporation of the City of London
Greater London Council Gus Elen 1862 - 1940, music hall comedian, lived here.
AMDG stands for “Ad maiorem Dei gloriam”, the Latin motto of the Catholic Jesuits, meaning "For the greater glory of God"
The rather oddly-placed plaque is only visible from the side street, St Petersburgh Place. Trying to locate an image of the building tha...
Erected between 2015 (when the property was being renovated) and 2021, the plaque is made of manganese nickel brass, by FSE Foundry.
Built for W S Gilbert in 1889, the Garrick Theatre has continued to thrive largely on a mixed diet of comedy, comedy-drama and farce. The theatre is reputed to be haunted by the ghost of actor mana...
Marie Taglioni, 1809 - 1884, ballet dancer, lived here in 1875 - 1876. London County Council
1739 was the year after Wesley's 'Aldersgate experience' and the year in which he formed the Methodist Society in England. It's not the y...
