Erection date: 5/7/2016
Sir George Grove, 1820 - 1900, promoter of musical knowledge, lived here.
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SE26, Westwood Hill, 14
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Sir George Grove - Westwood Hill
Writer on music. Born at Thurlow Lodge, 74 Thurlow Terrace, Clapham. Although...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Sir George Grove - Westwood Hill
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