Plaque

Virginia Woolf - SW7

Inscription

Virginia Stephen, Virginia Woolf, 1882-1941, novelist and critic, born and lived here until 1904.

Site: Bell, Stephen and Woolf (3 memorials)

SW7, Hyde Park Gate, 22

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk

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Virginia Woolf - SW7

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Virginia Woolf

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

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Sir Leslie Stephen

Sir Leslie Stephen

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Vanessa Bell

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