Thomas Hardy, 1840 - 1928, poet and author, lived here, 1863 - 1874.
A pleasingly unofficial blue plaque - a rather emphatic layout with the letters practically breaking out the circle.
W2, Westbourne Park Villas, 16
Hardy rented a room on the top floor at the back. The authoritative Thomas Hardy: Half a Londoner” by Mark Ford give his dates here as 1863 - 7.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Thomas Hardy - W2
Novelist and poet, best known for his novels set in rural 'Wessex' such as Te...
Commemorating the Centenary of Cinema, 1996 Bob Hope, actor and entertainer, born here, 29th May 1903. In association with the British Fi...
This marks the site where Wallis's water-skipping explosives were tested on models at the Road Research Laboratories. Tom Long sent us th...
Boards like this, listing the holders of high offices in the organisation, are on display in many office lobbies, school halls, club foye...
April 2015: this plaque and coat of arms have been removed. We didn't search the station for them so it's possible they have just be re...
The large plaque can be seen in our photo on the building to the left.
Herbert Henry Asquith, 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith, 1852 - 1928, Prime Minister, lived here. Erected by the Hampstead Plaque Fund
DHC stands for De Havilland Canada. It was a turboprop-powered airliner with STOL (short take-off and landing) capabilities. It first flew in 1975 and remained in production until 1988. The plane w...
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