Erection date: 1926
L.C.C.
Algernon Charles Swinburne, (1837-1909), -poet-, and his friend, Theodore Watts-Dunton, (1832-1914), poet-novelist-critic, lived and died here.
SW15, Putney Hill, 11
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Swinburne & Watts-Dunton
Born 7 Chester Street, Chelsea. Poet associated with the Pre-Raphaelites. He ...
Writer and poet. Born at St Ives in the former county of Huntingdonshire as W...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Swinburne & Watts-Dunton
Prior to the LCC London matters were run by church parishes. The LCC was the ...
Canning became Foreign Secretary whilst living here. (from modern information plaque in square.)
London County Council William Richard Lethaby, 1857 - 1931, architect and first principal of this school in 1896 - 1911.
These 11 plaques are laid into the floor of the hall, in a line down the middle, in this sequence, starting at the entrance end: R101; Ha...
It is known (from British History On-line) that in 1912 properties in Gilston Road were renumbered, but the details are not given. One ca...
The plaque blends in so well with the railings, that it's easily missed.
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