Erection date: 5/7/2016
Sir George Grove, 1820 - 1900, promoter of musical knowledge, lived here.
English Heritage
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
This was a good, well-designed, commemorative stone. But then (we surmise) one of the committee people realised that their efforts had ...
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You can see part of the old entrance to the left of our picture. To the right is Palastra House, the site of The Ring.
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David Hopkins has kindly provided the translation for us. Dave says "I was puzzled by the word Nidianus/i, which appears after his name a...
