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...
The small building was built as the coach-house to number 26. The Ronalds and Hammersmith Socialists plaques are on the small building (w...
The Corporation of the City of London Site of the Collegiate Church of St Martin, demolished 1548.
Time & Talents, established 1887, founded to improve the living and working conditions of women and children employed in the factorie...
We were curious as to why this Corporation of the City of London plaque differs so much from their usual blue and gold design. We contact...
Jawaharlal Nehru, 1889 - 1964, First Prime Minister of India, lived here in 1910 and 1912. English Heritage
The monument, officially titled the Prince Consort National Memorial, celebrates Victorian achievement and Prince Albert's passions and i...
Born London. Entertainer and author. Created a number of the great Gilbert and Sullivan roles, including Bunthorne, possibly modelled on Oscar Wilde. With his brother Weedon wrote the comic novel '...
Charles Robert Darwin, father of the theory of evolution and natural selection. Born at Shrewsbury. Grandfathers: Erasmus Darwin and Josiah Wedgwood. Independently wealthy. Once he returned from th...
Greater London Council Sir Charles Eastlake, 1793 - 1865, painter and first director of the National Gallery, lived here.
The Guardian archives hold their article about this plaque being erected, and it contains some good saucy jokes, e.g. Judge: "You are pre...
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