Erection date: 1894
We think that hiding below hundreds of layers of whitewash is a fine relief bust of Shakespeare. This is at the top of the pargeting (decorative plasterwork) in the pediment.
NW10, High Road, 95, Willesden Green Old Library Building
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Willesden Library - Shakespeare
Born and died in Stratford-upon-Avon. His birth date is usually given as the ...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Willesden Library - Shakespeare
The bust was unveiled on Garvey's 129th birthday, and is now inside a glass c...
Willesden Green Library was established in 1894 following a poll of the ratep...
From Looking at Buildings: This dispensary was "founded in 1849 by the Vicar of St James-the-Less in Bethnal Green. Its foundation follow...
Statues Hither and Thither has been invaluable in identifying some of the busts and most of the statues. The statues are not labelled and...
Shakespeare to the left, Milton to the right.
Statues Hither and Thither has been invaluable in identifying some of the busts and most of the statues. The statues are not labelled and...
The original temporary plaster bust was unveiled at the tower's opening ceremony in 1912, but during the 1930s it started to disintegrate...
Thomas James Brock was born on 29 September 1879 in Peckham, Surrey (now Greater London), one of the seven children of William and Emily Brock. His birth was registered in the 4th quarter of 1879 i...
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