Plaque

Virginia Woolf - Fitzroy Square

Inscription

Virginia Stephen (Virginia Woolf), 1882 - 1941, novelist and critic, lived here, 1907 - 1911.
Greater London Council

Site: Virginia Woolf and GBS (2 memorials)

W1, Fitzroy Square, 29

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Virginia Woolf - Fitzroy Square

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Virginia Woolf

Born as Adeline Virginia Stephen in Hyde Park Gate, London. Drowned herself i...

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Greater London Council

Replaced the LCC. The GLC was abolished, some say, because Mrs Thatcher could...

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