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WC1, High Holborn, former Holborn Town Hall, 193-7
Above the entrance on the left "Public Library" and in the stone decorations: "1908" and "HBC" for Holborn Borough Council. Details on the building. Shakespeare's bust is on the base of the first floor bow window to the left. The entrance to the right takes you into the lobby where the two plaques are to be found.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Shakespeare at Holborn Town Hall
Born and died in Stratford-upon-Avon. His birth date is usually given as the ...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Shakespeare at Holborn Town Hall
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We can find no information about this bust.
This bust is a 20th-century replica after Louis-François Roubiliac, 1757.
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The photo (© TfL from the London Transport Museum collection) of the plaque is from the 'News of T.O.T.' article which is held by the Lon...
Born as Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David, at White Lodge in Richmond Park. Known to friends and family as David. Reigned 20 January - 10 December 1936 when he abdicated in favo...
The motto above the door reads ‘Come in and learn your duty to God and man’. The scholar statues on the front are copies. The originals w...
