Sir Edward Elgar lived in a house on this site, 1911 - 1921. Here he composed The Music Makers, Falstaff, The Spirit of England.
Erected by the Hampstead Plaque Fund
NW3, Netherhall Gardens, 42 - 44
The Elgars called this home Severn House, to remember the Worcestershire countryside. Elgar Memorial Trust have a photo and floor plan of the house and a suggestion that it was designed by Richard Norman Shaw.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Sir Edward Elgar - NW3
Born in Broadheath, near Worcester. First moved to London on his marriage in...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Sir Edward Elgar - NW3
The Hampstead Plaque fund was set up, many years ago, by Ralph Wade and has b...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Sir Edward Elgar - NW3
The photograph of the plaque is taken from Derek Sumeray's book 'Discovering ...
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Unveiled as part of Westminster's 50th anniversary commemorations marking the end of WW2. The plant-screened section of the text was pro...
1882 - not the date of this plaque which is, from the look of it, much more recent. The GLC only came into existence in 1965 so we canno...
'Sesquicentenary' is such a great word - it's not even in the Microsoft dictionary. As you can work out it means the 150th anniversary.
We failed to find this plaque in Dec-Jan 2017, but it is identical to that further south so see there for more details.
The monument, officially titled the Prince Consort National Memorial, celebrates Victorian achievement and Prince Albert's passions and i...
Employed at the Streatham bus garage. Served and was killed in WW1.
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