Erection date: 1975
Samuel Coleridge Taylor, 1875 - 1912, composer of the "Song of Hiawatha" lived here.
Greater London Council
This was the first plaque erected to a black person, in 1975.
SE25, Dagnall Park, 30
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor - Norwood
Composer. Born 15 Theobalds Road, of a mixed race couple, his father being a ...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor - Norwood
Replaced the LCC. The GLC was abolished, some say, because Mrs Thatcher could...
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From Hidden London we learn that 2 Chandos Villas was one of a newly-built pair of red-brick houses which were destroyed by a direct ...
The foundation stone is low down at the right hand side of the building. Above each of the two statues is a bust, both of the Greek god v...
This charming street, still largely as built, was designed by Elijah Hoole. Most of it (5-11 and 21-37) is listed Grade II. It replaced t...
The overflow pipe is not part of the memorial.
St James's Square The first stone of this square was laid 1st Novr. 1847.
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