Sir Walter Besant, 1836 - 1901, novelist and antiquarian.
NW3, Frognal, 106
In 1892 Besant built a substantial house just to the east of this one, where there is an official, significant plaque. We can find no reference on-line to him also having lived in this earlier, much smaller property. Perhaps he lived here briefly while his house was being built.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Sir Walter Besant - Frognal
Novelist and London historian. Born Portsmouth. 1884 co-founded the Society ...
The memorial was originally displayed in the foyer of the Institute of Marine Engineers memorial building at 76 Mark Lane in the City of ...
In our picture the blue plaque is above the orange barriers and the Coopers' Hall memorial is on the low wall to the left, in front of a ...
In memory of Nell Deller who lived here, 1966 - 2003, a tireless organiser and campaigner who contributed so much to this community. Erec...
Dransfield Owens Design Ltd was founded in 1998 and is still active in 2022. But the website, www.dodsarchitects.com, for the architects ...
Beechwood House This building was built in 1948 by the London County Council and was named after Beechwood in Bedfordshire the home of Wi...
Cricketer and politician. Born Learie Nicholas Constantine at Petit Valley, Diego Martin, near Maraval, Trinidad. As a cricketer, he toured England with the West Indies team in the 1920s and was ev...
Person, Law, Politics & Administration, Sport / Games, Caribbean Islands
Our close-up photo shows one of the scenes depicted, this one being a market stall set up on the ice to sell bread and cheese to customer...
Art patron. Horticultural editor. Born London. 1st baronet. Known as Wentworth to distinguish him from his father of the same name. Pity this care in naming did not extend to the next generation. A...
Person, Gardens / Agriculture, Politics & Administration, Russia
The plaque gives his birth year as 1863, when, according to the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, it was 1869.
English Heritage Sir Stafford Cripps, 1889-1952, statesman born here.
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