Person    | Female  Born 11/8/1897  Died 28/11/1968

Enid Blyton

Children's writer. Born Enid Mary Blyton at 354 Lordship Lane, East Dulwich. Best known for creating the character of Little Noddy and the 'Famous Five' stories. Her works have been translated into nearly ninety languages and have sold more than 600 million copies worldwide. In the changing climate of the 1960s, she was accused of racism and sexism, and her books were removed from some libraries. In more recent editions, the golliwogs are now goblins, the beating of children has been toned down to scolding, and in 'The Faraway Tree', the characters of Dick and Fanny have been renamed as Rick and Frannie. Died at the Greenways Nursing Home, 11 Fellows Road, Hampstead.

2021: The Guardian reported some updates to English Heritage's information on Blyton: "The Royal Mint previously rejected Blyton for commemoration on a 50p coin in 2016 because, according to minutes from an advisory committee meeting, she was 'known to have been a racist, sexist, homophobe and not a very well-regarded writer'."

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

Comments are provided by Facebook, please ensure you are signed in here to see them

This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Enid Blyton

Commemorated ati

Enid Blyton - Beckenham

Blyton was here for the first 6 years of her life.

Read More

Enid Blyton - Bromley

Enid Blyton, 1897 - 1968, authoress, lived here. The London Borough of Bromley

Read More

Enid Blyton - Chessington

Enid Blyton, 1897 - 1968, children's writer, lived here, 1920 - 1924. English...

Read More

Enid Blyton - Dulwich

This plaque is located at the site of Blyton's birthplace, presumably the hou...

Read More

Other Subjects

First Belgian School WW1

First Belgian School WW1

By June 1915, the population of Belgian refugees in Britain rose to 265,000. But we couldn't find anything on the web about the school in Cale Street.

Group, Children, Education, Belgium

1 memorial
St Vincent's Boys' Home

St Vincent's Boys' Home

St Vincent’s Home for Destitute Boys was established in 1859 at what is now Shepherd’s Bush Road, Hammersmith. It was managed by some members of the St Vincent de Paul Society. Accepted Roman Catho...

Group, Children, Social Welfare

1 memorial
Emily Yeates

Emily Yeates

Born Horton, daughter of William Wlllson Yeates. See there for information about her family. Buried in St Michaels churchyard Horton,13 February 1835.  

Person, Children, Friend / family

1 memorial
William Hamley

William Hamley

Founded Hamleys toy shop. Born Cornwall.

Person, Children, Commerce

1 memorial
Captain Thomas Coram

Captain Thomas Coram

Born Lyme Regis, Dorset, where there is now a commemorative tower. Pioneer in the cause of child welfare. He became a Captain in the Merchant Navy trading between England and America. For several ...

Person, Children, Social Welfare, USA

3 memorials

Previously viewed

William Candy

William Candy

Trustee of the Norton Folgate almshouses in 1860.

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Vincent van Gogh

Vincent van Gogh

Vincent came to London in June 1873 aged 20 as an art dealer, in the firm Goupil. He was in England for two and a half years during which he had two short periods working in the Paris branch. Goupi...

Person, Art, Seriously Famous, France, Netherlands

2 memorials
Chiswick National School

Chiswick National School

Much of the following information comes from the very helpful Gill Clegg's Chiswick History page. 1707 a charity school was founded at St Nicholas church near the river. It expanded until in 1813 ...

Group, Education

1 memorial
Catherine Howard

Catherine Howard

As lady-in-waiting to Anne of Cleves Catherine attracted Henry's ever-roving eye.  Anne was dumped (via the annulment method) and the obese, 49-year old Henry married the 20-year old Catherine.  Sh...

Person, Execution, Royalty, Seriously Famous

3 memorials
Cooks' Hall

Cooks' Hall

Cooks' Hall was built circa 1500, escaped the Great Fire and was rebuilt and enlarged 1674. In 1764 a fire partially destroyed the Hall which was again rebuilt but it was totally destroyed by fire...

Building, Liveries & Guilds

2 memorials