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...
The vertical line down the plaque is not a fault with our camera, but a rope hanging from a flagpole.
This is the foundation stone for the second wing of the Institute. She returned on 31 May 1924 to open the Institute.
The Institute and School vacated in 1905 and the telephone exchange building was constructed in 1936. One wonders how the site was used ...
2018: The house is for sale: "A Grade II-listed, two-story house in West London that’s been owned for the last 116 years by the family of...
This garden acquired its name due to its popularity as a lunchtime garden with workers from the nearby General Post Office (long gone). ...
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