Plaque

Tagore

Inscription

Rabindranath Tagore, 1861 - 1941, Indian poet, stayed here in 1912.
London County Council

Tagore rented the house for about 3 weeks or a few months (depending on source) on one of him many visits to Britain.

Site: Tagore (1 memorial)

NW3, Vale of Health, 3, Villas on the Heath

2017: There are plans to acquire this house and convert it into a museum-memorial.

Comments are provided by Facebook, please ensure you are signed in here to see them

This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Tagore

Subjects commemorated i

Rabindranath Tagore

Bengali poet and philosopher. First non-European Nobel Laureate. Born into a ...

Read More

This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Tagore

Created by i

London County Council

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

Read More

Nearby Memorials

Eisenhower plaque

Eisenhower plaque

W1, Grosvenor Square, 20

Eisenhower's office was the corner room on the first floor (for our American friends - this is the floor above the ground floor). Discov...

1 subject commemorated
Sir William Orpen

Sir William Orpen

SW5, South Bolton Gardens, 8

Lane and Orpen were distant cousins and rented this house together in 1907. The Lane plaque is above, Orpen below, with a little window b...

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
Rose and Crown, Wimbledon

Rose and Crown, Wimbledon

SW19, High Street, Wimbledon, Rose and Crown pub

The Rose and Crown - one of Wimbledon's oldest public houses, dating from the early 17th century. It was a starting point for stage coach...

3 subjects commemorated
Sir Alexander Fleming - SW3

Sir Alexander Fleming - SW3

SW3, Danvers Street, 20a

Greater London Council Sir Alexander Fleming, 1881-1955, discoverer of penicillin, lived here.

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
Bill Richmond

Bill Richmond

SW1, Panton Street, 36

The Richmond plaque can be seen in our photo, between the lamppost and the two blackboards.

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator

Previously viewed

Sunlight Wharf

Sunlight Wharf

EC4, Trig Lane

The wonderful A London Inheritance have a 1982 photo of the area before the current buildings were erectred.  It shows the crane and LEP'...

2 subjects commemorated
A. Baker, (No 2)

A. Baker, (No 2)

Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.

Person, Armed Forces

War served, WW1
1 memorial
Amelia Edwards

Amelia Edwards

Egyptologist, novelist, journalist, traveller. Born Colebrook Row, Islington. First visited Egypt in 1873 and co-founded the Egypt Exploration Fund in 1882. Never married and bequeathed her collect...

Person, Exploring, History, Egypt

1 memorial
W. H. C. Groome

W. H. C. Groome

Member of the Ealing District Council in 1899. Bear Alley has a full biography of Groome by Robert J Kirkpatrick, with many illustrations: ""W.H.C. Groome was one of the most prolific children’s b...

Person, Art, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
N. H. Baker

N. H. Baker

Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.

Person, Armed Forces

War served, WW1
1 memorial