William Johnson Cory, Ionicus, 1823 - 1892, teacher, scholar and poet. Lived and died in this house. An assistant master at Eton College 1845 - 1872. He composed the words for the Eton Boating Song.
Erected by the Hampstead Plaque Fund
NW3, Pilgrim's Lane, 8 (4 Rosslyn Villas)
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William Johnson Cory
Written by William Johnson Cory. First performed in 1863, the first verse go...
Teacher, scholar and poet. Born Devon as William Johnson. As assistant mast...
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William Johnson Cory
The Hampstead Plaque fund was set up, many years ago, by Ralph Wade and has b...
The two plaques appear to be back to back; the outside one being the foundation stone and the inside one the opening stone. To the left,...
The plaque can be seen in our photo to the right of the entrance.
In our photo the plaque can be seen laid into the grass behind the pedestrian.
In Chisholm's time this house was number 3 Charlton Crescent and was her headquarters in England.
These plaques are all inside and normally inaccessible but, for the 2018 Pride in London Soho fire station held an open day and we took o...
Resident of the Central Ward, Hendon who served and died in WW1.
Sir William Rothenstein, 1872 - 1945, painter and writer, lived here 1899 - 1902. English Heritage
Howard Carter, 1874 - 1939, Egyptologist and discoverer of the tomb of Tutankhamun, lived here. English Heritage
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