Sir Walter Besant, 1836 - 1901, novelist and antiquarian.
NW3, Frognal, 106
In 1892 Besant built a substantial house just to the east of this one, where there is an official, significant plaque. We can find no reference on-line to him also having lived in this earlier, much smaller property. Perhaps he lived here briefly while his house was being built.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Sir Walter Besant - Frognal
Novelist and London historian. Born Portsmouth. 1884 co-founded the Society ...
Speedie, resident tortoise, 1978 to 2014, is buried nearby. Slayer of bananas & busy lizzies.
Tobias Matthay, 1858 - 1945, teacher and pianist, lived here. Greater London Council
We can't explain the quotation marks on the inscription and think they are probably not significant.
Although the plaque does not specifiy we think the gate was used by the men and women who served at Camp Griffiss. But it's possible tha...
Formed by Chad Varah at St Stephen Walbrook Church to befriend the suicidal and despairing. The Samaritans gives a good history of the organisation including how it was named: "Chad Varah had achi...
The tree is just inside the entrance to the garden at the south-east corner.
A charity run entirely by volunteers, which each week records local news taken from the Sutton Guardian, for blind and visually impaired people in the Borough of Sutton.
