Erection date: 1/6/2011
Sir William Empson, 1906 – 1984, poet and critic, lived here 1929 - 1931, and at 71 Marchmont Street, 1934 -1936.
Marchmont Association
Unveiled by Sir Williams’ son, Jake Empson. At no 71 Empson lived in the the first floor flat.
WC1, Marchmont Street, 65
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Sir William Empson
Poet and critic. Born near Goole, Yorkshire. Considered a great English criti...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Sir William Empson
Aims to promote the on-going improvement of Marchmont Street and the surround...
This is the text that was on top of the cubicle in which the Stone sat from about 1962. We took the photo of the 1960s building in 2015 b...
Historic England has ""Kupron bronze plaque on 1st floor designed in 1908 by C Fitzroy Doll, Bedford Estate surveyor, from a model by C L...
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From London Tea History: "The 3rd plaque, sponsored by Tata Consumer Products, has been erected at Sir John Lyon House in London EC4V 3PA...
Wikipedia and others describe the building as previously a 17th century chapel, which it clearly isn't. This 1863 map shows the streets ...
This house, Frognal End, is described and photographed in 1897, during Besant's tenure, at OOCities. The Underground Map says the house ...
He holds a copy of the Magna Carta in his right hand.
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