Erection date: 17/12/2013
Sir Learie Constantine, 1901 - 1971, West Indian cricketer and statesman, lived here 1949 - 1954.
English Heritage
W8, Lexham Gardens, 101
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
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Learie Constantine - W8
Cricketer and politician. Born Learie Nicholas Constantine at Petit Valley, D...
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Learie Constantine - W8
English Heritage (officially the English Heritage Trust) is a charity that ma...
The plaque can be seen in our photo between the two lower windows towards the right.
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Henry Williamson, writer, 1895 - 1977, lived here, (1902 - 1920), presented by the Henry Williamson Society. Borough of Lewisham
Charles Morgan, 1894 - 1958, novelist and critic, lived and died here. English Heritage
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When this plaque was unveiled the wall was part of the Public Record Office. It is now King's College Library.
Born East Knoyle, Wiltshire, died London. Designer of 54 London churches, of which 13 were destroyed in the Blitz. Part of one of his churches, St Antholin, has ended up in an unexpected location...
July 2019: Via Facebook we were contacted by Nick Davis, telling us that this plaque had been removed. We got along to the address in Aug...
This nursery was set up and funded by the Friends of the Children of Great Ormond Street Hospital in 1955 for the use of nursing mothers ...
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