Plaque

Sir Leslie Stephen

Erection date: 1960

Inscription

London County Council
Sir Leslie Stephen, 1832-1904, scholar and writer lived here.

Site: Bell, Stephen and Woolf (3 memorials)

SW7, Hyde Park Gate, 22

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk

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Sir Leslie Stephen

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Sir Leslie Stephen

Scholar, writer and mountaineer. Born in Kensington Gore, (now 42 Hyde Park G...

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London County Council

Prior to the LCC London matters were run by church parishes. The LCC was the ...

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Vanessa Bell

Vanessa Bell

Vannessa Stephen, Vanessa Bell, 1879-1961, artist, born and lived here until ...

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Virginia Woolf - SW7

Virginia Woolf - SW7

Virginia Stephen, Virginia Woolf, 1882-1941, novelist and critic, born and li...

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