Plaque

Wilkie Collins - New Cavendish Street

Erection date: /9/2014

Inscription

Wilkie Collins, 1824 - 1889, Victorian novelist and author of 'The Woman in White' and 'The Moonstone', was born in a house on this site.
City of Westminster

Site: Wilkie Collins - New Cavendish Street (1 memorial)

W1, New Cavendish Street, 96 - 100

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

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Wilkie Collins - New Cavendish Street

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