John Keats birthplace
EC2, Moorgate, 85
In a house on this site, the "Swan & Hoop", John Keats, poet, was born, 1795. The Corporation of the City of London
In a house on this site, the "Swan & Hoop", John Keats, poet, was born, 1795. The Corporation of the City of London
The plaque is on a small plinth in the front garden. It replaces the one which was erected in 1909 on a house that was subsequently demol...
London County Council Austin Dobson, 1840-1921, poet and essayist, lived here.
Greater London Council Walter Greaves, 1846-1930, artist, lived here 1855-1897.
Greater London Council Hilaire Belloc, 1870-1953, poet, essayist and historian, lived here, 1900-1905.
Sir John Betjeman, 1906 - 1984, Poet Laureate and conservationist, lived here, 1973 - 1984.
City of Westminster John Stephen, 1934 - 2004, founder of Carnaby Street as world centre for men's fashion in the 1960s.
Sorry about the poor picture of the shop but when we visited there was a solid wall of buses down Regent Street.
Spratt's charming terrier-shaped logo is reproduced twice on this plaque.