Cicely Mary Barker, 1895 - 1973, artist and creator of the Flower Fairy children's books, lived and worked here from 1924 to 1961.
Croydon's Heritage
CR0, The Waldrons, 23
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Cicely Mary Barker
A series of books created by the illusrator Cicely Mary Barker. The first one...
Illustrator. Born at West Croydon. An epilepsy sufferer, she was housebound f...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Cicely Mary Barker
We think the "Croydon's Heritage" plaques must be erected by a section of Cro...
The composer of this plaque has been very mean with first names and initials.
Greater London Council Charles Bridgeman, landscape gardener, lived here, 1723 - 1738.
He lived on this site prior to moving to the famous Samuel Johnson's House in Gough Square.
The plaque can be seen to the lower right of our photo. We have put the text of a nearby information board onto our page for the Palace.
Mrs Coborn's Charity School was located on this site between 1815 and 1877. Bow Heritage Trail
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