John Keats, poet, lived in this house. B: 1795. D: 1821.
{Almost hidden in the decorative border:}
Erected by the Society of Arts
NW3, Keats Grove, Keats House
Here he wrote "Ode to a nightingale" after falling in love with a neighbour's daughter, Fanny Brawne. Nice post on a visit here from Spitalfields Life.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
John Keats - NW3
Born 24 Moorfields Pavement Row, Finsbury. This was the Swan and Hoop pub, wh...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
John Keats - NW3
Founded by William Shipley as the "Society of Arts" in Rawthmell's Coffee Hou...
On a cluttered wall, the plaque is the lower one on the right.
August 2019: We were informed by Ste Ríkharðsson via Facebook that the plaque went missing following the renovation of the station in 201...
H. M. Bateman, 1887 - 1970, cartoonist, lived here 1910 - 1914. English Heritage
Samuel Pepys, 1633 - 1703, diarist and Secretary of the Admiralty, lived here, 1679 - 1688. London County Council
Craig Hayden lived and then died in Flitcroft Street, 26 May 1971 - 6 June 1997.
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