Poet. Born at 5 Cwmdonkin Drive, Swansea, which is now a themed holiday rental. Died at St Vincents Hospital, in New York City during a lecture tour of the United States. He is buried at Laugharne, Wales. This had been his home with his wife Caitlin, whom he had met in 1936/7, at the Wheatsheaf pub in Newman Street, W1 (no plaque).
2019: Deserter visted Thomas's London drinking haunts - there are quite a lot of them.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Dylan Thomas
Dylan Thomas, poet, 1914 - 1953, drank here! Wheatsheaf Heritage
A montage of scenes, all relevant to the area at the time: construction activ...
2022: We were contacted by David Bieda who wrote: "Meard Street plaque. I’d l...
Poet and playwright. Born in Aldwincle, Northamptonshire. The first Poet Laureate. Died in London. Initially buried in St Anne's Church, Soho but quickly reburied in Chaucer's grave in Westminster ...
Painter and poet. Born Walter David Michael Jones.As a painter he worked chiefly in watercolour, painting portraits and animal, landscape, legendary and religious subjects. He was also a wood-engra...
Born Coventry. Larkin spent 30 years in the northern port city of Hull working as a university librarian. He shunned the limelight, refusing to appear on television and turning down a request to be...
Closely related to the royal family but Henry VIII took against Henry and his father, Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk. They were imprisoned and Henry was beheaded at Tower Hill. His father sur...
