The Corporation of the City of London
William Blake, poet and painter, lived here. Born 1757, died 1827.
Initially we were puzzled why the Corporation of the City of London would erect a plaque so far to the west of its patch, but our colleague, Alan Patient, found out. This area used to be the Conduit Mead(e) Estate which was owned and managed by the Corporation.
W1, South Molton Street, 17
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
William Blake - W1, S. Molton Street
Poet and artist. Except for 3 years spent on the coast near Bognor, Blake liv...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
William Blake - W1, S. Molton Street
The municipal governing body of the City of London. Officially the 'Mayor and...
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T. E. Lawrence, "Lawrence of Arabia", 1888 - 1935, lived here. Greater London Council
William Reeve, 1757 - 1815, composer, Covent Garden and Sadler's Wells theatres, lived and died in a house on this site. Marchmont Associ...
" London County Council"? We don't think so. A Sir Tom Baker has a bespoke tailoring business around the corner at 4 D’Arblay Street, whe...
This plaque raises some questions. Firstly, how could he have 'died a pauper', when,in 1718 he married a gentlewoman with a £20,000 fortu...
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