In a house on this site Thomas Chatterton died August 24th 1770.
Corporation of the City of London
EC1, Brooke Street, 39
2022: Timothy Fox drew our attention to the fact that this building and the plaque have gone. Yet another glass and steel building has arrived and there's nowhere obvious for the plaque to be added.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Thomas Chatterton
Poet and forger of pseudo-medieval poetry. Born Bristol. Largely self-taught,...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Thomas Chatterton
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