Erection date: 19/9/2021
Mary Wollstonecraft
The trailblazing feminist writer had passionate relationships of various types with both men and women, and left a bold, inspiring queer legacy.
Scan the QR Code for more information.
Islington Pride
Heritage Fund
N16, Matthias Road, 39
Wollstonecraft attended this church from 1784.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Mary Wollstonecraft - Islington's Pride
Writer, philosopher and feminist before her time. Born Primrose Street, Spita...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Mary Wollstonecraft - Islington's Pride
The National Lottery Heritage Fund (rebranded 2019), formerly the Heritage Lo...
The Islington Book of Remembrance is an impressive undertaking: the database ...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Mary Wollstonecraft - Islington's Pride
All our information about this plaque, including the photograph, comes from (...
Newington Green Church built 1708, enlarged 1860. Oldest non-conformist place...
Barrie and his wife Mary Ansell lived at Gloucester Road, 1895 - 1904, when they moved here, where they stayed until their divorce in 190...
{on the top, round plaque:} LCC Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1828 - 1882, poet & painter, born here. {on the lower, oblong plaque:} Ta...
London County Council Austin Dobson, 1840-1921, poet and essayist, lived here.
Musician, writer, broadcaster, Benny Green, 1927 - 1998, lived here, 1932 - 1962.
Plaque unveiled by Darcey Bussell. 'Prima Ballerina Assoluta' is a title, normally given by the ballet company, that is rarely conferred,...
In the spandrels above the entrance door: "Bloomsbury Rifles Pro Patria Semper" ('for my country always'). The technique used for this le...
The Great Storm In the early hours of 16th October 1987, a hurricane force wind swept through Ken Wood. 54 mature trees were blown down a...
Comments are provided by Facebook, please ensure you are signed in here to see them