Plaque

Percy Shelley - SE1 - Southwark

Inscription

Percy Bysshe Shelley lived at No. 26 Nelson Square which formerly stood on a site north of this building.
Historic Southwark

Site: Percy Bysshe Shelley - SE1 (2 memorials)

SE1, Nelson Square, 26, Applegarth House

British History Online gives: "Percy Bysshe Shelley {} took lodgings at No. 26 as a tenant of Thomas Lillo on 9th November, 1814. Shelley's fortunes were at a very low ebb at this time and his anxieties were increased by the ill-health of Mary Godwin and the difficult temperament of "Claire" (Mary Jane Clairmont), both of whom were living with him. In January, 1815, his grandfather died and Shelley was able to find relief from his financial worries by selling his reversionary interest in the Shelley estates to his father. He moved to Hans Place on 8th February, 1815."

Someone in Southwark clearly thinks historic plaques are just like any other sign: 'No cycling', ' No dogs', 'Percy Bysshe Shelley', all the same.

Nothing to do with Shelley: follow the road round to the right and you find a lovely little Monkey Puzzle tree with its own Twitter account: @SE1monkeypuzzle.

Comments are provided by Facebook, please ensure you are signed in here to see them

This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Percy Shelley - SE1 - Southwark

Subjects commemorated i

Percy Bysshe Shelley

Poet. Born at Field Place, near Horsham in Sussex. Had a habit of eloping wit...

Read More

This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Percy Shelley - SE1 - Southwark

Created by i

Southwark Council

The London Borough of Southwark was created as an amalgamation of the Metropo...

Read More

This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Percy Shelley - SE1 - Southwark

Also at this site i

Percy Shelley - SE1 - blue

Percy Shelley - SE1 - blue

British History Online: "In 1932 the London County Council erected a memorial...

Read More

Nearby Memorials

Geraldine Campbell Conroy

Geraldine Campbell Conroy

WC2, Duncannon Street, behind St. Martin-in-the-fields

In a Westminster audit of 2003 the Baker fountain was described as being "inside the churchyard in the south west corner ...c.1886 featur...

1 subject commemorated
R. H. Tawney

R. H. Tawney

WC1, Mecklenburgh Square, 21

Greater London Council R.H. Tawney, 1880 - 1962, historian, teacher and political writer, lived here.

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
Hugh John Moore - plaque

Hugh John Moore - plaque

EC2, Poultry, 37

Commander Moore was attacked at this spot, but actually died later in a hospital in Bushey. QPM is the Queen's Police Medal. This is the...

1 subject commemorated, 2 creators
Coopers' Corner

Coopers' Corner

EC2, Basinghall Street

In our picture the blue plaque is above the orange barriers and the Coopers' Hall memorial is on the low wall to the left, in front of a ...

1 subject commemorated
Grove Gardens - restored

Grove Gardens - restored

E15, The Grove

"These gardens" no longer surround this monument as apparently they once did. It seems the monument has been moved as, according to Expl...

2 subjects commemorated, 2 creators