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Frankenstein

Character created by Mary Shelley in her eponymous book.

The Somers Town Mural supposedly shows "Head of Frankenstein". We can't see it in the mural but suspect that the head of Frankenstein's monster is what is actually depicted - a common error that we have smugly avoided in our picture.

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

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Mary Shelley

English Heritage Mary Shelley, 1797-1851, author of Frankenstein, lived here,...

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Percy & Mary Shelley

After their elopement in July 1814 the Shelleys lived here with Claire Clairm...

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Somers Town Mural

This mural was commissioned by the GLC in 1980 and moved to this site by St P...

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Billy Bunter

Billy Bunter

Character in a series of stories set in Greyfriars School, originally published in the boys weekly story magazine 'The Magnet'.

Fiction, Children, Fictional

1 memorial
Harry Potter

Harry Potter

Fictional boy wizard. Hero of seven novels by J. K. Rowling. They have all been filmed with Daniel Radcliffe playing the lead role. As at 2018, worldwide sales of the books exceed 500 million. 'Har...

Fiction, Fictional

1 memorial
Amanda Grayson

Amanda Grayson

Mother to Ambassador Spock. From Fandom: Amanda is "An Earth woman living on a planet where love, emotion, is bad taste." Amanda Grayson was a Human teacher from Earth. She was the first wife of S...

Person, Cinema, Fictional

1 memorial
She Stoops to Conquer

She Stoops to Conquer

Comic play. Probably the best known work of Oliver Goldsmith. Originally entitled 'Mistakes of a Night'. The daughter of a wealthy countryman poses as a servant in order to win over her nervous sui...

Fiction, Fictional, Theatre

1 memorial
Tunnel Trench - play

Tunnel Trench - play

A war play by Hubert Griffith, set in WW1. Shown as a ITV Play of the Week in 1963. This play opened The Duchess Theartre in 1929.

Fiction, Fictional, Theatre

1 memorial

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E. Onslow Ford

E. Onslow Ford

Born Islington as Edward Onslow Ford, but he dropped the Edward. Studied Antwerp and Munich.  A successful and well-liked sculptor.  Died at home, 62 Acacia Road.  The picture here is a portrait by...

Person, Sculpture

12 memorials
Camden Council

Camden Council

The Town Hall in Euston Road once housed these interesting murals by Cecil Osborne.

Group, Politics & Administration

28 memorials
Dodie Smith

Dodie Smith

Author and playwright, Born Lancashire. Wrote 'The Hundred and One Dalmations' and 'I Capture the Castle'.  Born Lancashire but in 1910 her mother remarried and they moved to London. Did some acti...

Person, Literature, Theatre

1 memorial
Henry John Penney
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
The Blitz

The Blitz

During WW2 Britain came under heavy bombing from Germany for 8 months, 1940-1941. This was called 'the Blitz' from the German word Blitzkrieg meaning 'lightning war'. London was particularly badly ...

Event, Tragedy

53 memorials