Erection date: 1972
Ralph Vaughan Williams O.M. 1872 - 1958 composer, lived here from 1953 until his death.
Greater London Council
NW1, Hanover Terrace, 10
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Ralph Vaughan Williams - NW1
Composer. Born at the vicarage in Down Ampney, Gloucestershire. Entered the R...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Ralph Vaughan Williams - NW1
Replaced the LCC. The GLC was abolished, some say, because Mrs Thatcher could...
{on the top, round plaque:} LCC Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1828 - 1882, poet & painter, born here. {on the lower, oblong plaque:} Ta...
The oval plaque on the buildings reads: "Juno House - this block was built in 2005 by THCH and named after Juno from Roman mythology. She...
The plot consists of 36 graves acquired by the London Fire Brigade Widows and Orphans Fund (founded in1882 by Massey Shaw, who, probably ...
The plaque is actually a resin copy of the one that was attached to the original memorial for the Walworth Scouts drowned at Leysdown. Th...
English Heritage Ann Oldfield, 1683 - 1730, actress, first occupant of this house, 1725 - 1730.
Born Shanhai but lived in Singapore for at least 35 years. In 2001 Dr Yu Chen Chee Elsie was the fifth woman in Singapore to be awarded the Singapore Council of Women's Organizations Award.
Burnt at the stake in Bow (or possibly Stratford) for his Protestant beliefs. Blind. Shared a stake with Laverock who chatted with him during their ordeal.
Poet. Born Kent. A member of The Rhymers' Club. At the end of his life he was impoverished and was looked after by Robert Sherard at his house at 26 Sandhurst Gardens, Catford, where he died.
The church plaque is below the large wooden cross. the twinning plaque, unusually large, is on the wall to the right, below the tree.
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