Erection date: 16/9/2020
Christine Granville, born Krystyna Skarbek, 1908 - 1952, SOE agent, lived here 1949 - 1952.
English Heritage
W8, Lexham Gardens, 1
Post-WW2 this house in the centre of London’s post-war Polish community was the cheap Shelbourne Hotel, run by the Polish Relief Society.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Christine Granville
Spies, basically (but see below), working for the UK in WW2. Formed by Church...
Wartime special agent. Britain’s first and longest-serving female WW2 secret ...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Christine Granville
English Heritage (officially the English Heritage Trust) is a charity that ma...
The blue plaque is next to the lower right window of the building, and the foundation stone is on the right of the doorway. The Hunt and...
There is a house, still extant, called Round Hill Cottage but Harrild lived at the big house, Round Hill House, no longer standing.
{Beneath the Waltham Forest logo:} David Bailey, CBE, born January 1938. The celebrated artist and photographer was born in this house a...
Mazzini arrived in this house in 1840 when the address was 9 George Street.
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