Erection date: /9/2014
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
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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Wilkie Collins - New Cavendish Street
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