Erection date: 1984
George Orwell, 1930 - 1950, writer, lived here.
Erected by the Hampstead Plaque Fund
Orwell lived here for 6 months in 1935 while he was working in the South End Green Bookshop and writing "Keep the Aspidstra Flying". Unveiled by Michael Foot.
NW3, Parliament Hill, 77
No 77 is the end house, with the Heath behind.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Orwell - Parliament Hill
George Orwell was born in Bengal as Eric Arthur Blair, his father was a Briti...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Orwell - Parliament Hill
The Hampstead Plaque fund was set up, many years ago, by Ralph Wade and has b...
Politician and journalist. Born Plymouth. Leader of the Labour party 1980-198...
Pulford Street and the Equitable Gas Works used to occupy this six acre site. In the 1930s the Pulford Street Site Committee was respons...
English Heritage Ernest Bevin, 1881 - 1951, trade union leader and statesman, lived here in flat No. 8, 1931 - 1939.
English Heritage Edith Cavell, 1865 - 1915, pioneer of modern nursing in Belgium and heroine of the Great War, trained and worked here, 1...
The wall plaque has not only an ornate cartouche with the inscription but also a detailed relief of the lost building. 1873 is very early...
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