A feature of the Harry Potter books by J. K. Rowling.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Platform 9 3/4
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Platform 9 3/4
The ride on the Hogwarts Express starts from King's Cross railway station pla...
Other Subjects
Hercule Poirot
Hercule Poirot, the all-knowing Belgian detective appeared in Agatha Christie's first book, The Mysterious Affair at Styles.
Les Miserables the musical
Originated in France as an album and then briefly as a show. Cameron Mackintosh got hold of it and the English show opened at the Barbican Centre in 1985. Moved first to the Palace and then on 3 A...
Henry Earlforward's bookshop
Bookshop in Arnold Bennett's 1923 novel "Riceyman Steps" set in Clerkenwell.
The Three Cripples public house
Pub in Charles Dickens's "Oliver Twist".
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Sir John Soane statue
EC2, Lothbury, Bank of England
Soane designed the Bank of England in 1793. It was rebuilt between the wars and little of Soane's acclaimed design remains; there is this...
Jane Austen - WC2
WC2, Henrietta Street, 10
Jane stayed here with her brother, Henry, and while in London visited the exhibition of Sir Joshua Reynolds' paintings at the British Ins...
King Charles II
Reigned: 1660 - 1685. Born at St James's Palace. The son of the beheaded Charles I, he was the king "restored" to the throne after the civil war. Married Catherine of Braganza in 1662 but she prod...
Joshua Flesher Hanson
Developer and builder. British History Online says that in 1823 he bought "over thirteen acres which was advertised for sale as building ground". That site has a map showing the area, which include...
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