Plaque

Elizabeth Taylor

Erection date: 15/6/2015

Inscription

Dame Elizabeth Taylor, actress, was born here in 1932 and lived here until 1939.
HGS Residents Association 2015

We are grateful to David Lewis, Chairman of the Hampstead Garden Suburb Residents Association for bringing this plaque to our attention. He tells us that Elizabeth Taylor was a patron of the centenary celebrations for Hampstead Garden Suburb held in 2007, and sent the following greeting to them:
"The happiest days of my youth were when my brother and I would run through the woods and feel quite safe. I wonder whether it's still like that now. I do hope so. It was heaven for this child and her brother".

Site: Elizabeth Taylor (1 memorial)

NW11, Wildwood Road, 8

At Hollywood.com we read that Taylor requested this plaque herself.  She gave the task of arranging it to the journalist Matthew Wright. English Heritage refused to bend their dead-for-20-years rule so HGSRA stepped in.

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk

Comments are provided by Facebook, please ensure you are signed in here to see them

This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Elizabeth Taylor

Subjects commemorated i

Elizabeth Taylor

Actor. Born Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor of American parents at Heathwood, 8 Wil...

Read More

This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Elizabeth Taylor

Created by i

Hampstead Garden Suburb Residents Association

The association is a watchdog for the welfare of the suburb and acts as a str...

Read More

Nearby Memorials

The Limes

The Limes

SE13, Lewisham High Street, 171

In our photo the plaque is just visible below the red burglar alarm on the upper left of the white building. This 1895 map shows that th...

1 subject commemorated
Hornsey British Legion

Hornsey British Legion

N8, Elder Avenue, Earl Haig Memorial Hall

This double plaque is under the window on the left. Sir Philip Sassoon was ADC to Douglas Haig in WW1. In 2008 we visited this area and ...

2 subjects commemorated, 6 creators
St Luke's - Telfer

St Luke's - Telfer

EC1, Old Street

The facade of this building tells the history of the school. Each of the 4 gable ends carries a plaque with a dated event, reading from l...

2 subjects commemorated
North South route in Haringey

North South route in Haringey

N17, Watermead Way

We missed all the publicity there must have been when this was unveiled in this car park, but, John Prescott - we are impressed. Alan Sta...

1 subject commemorated, 4 creators
John Sayer VC

John Sayer VC

N1, Islington Green

In July 2018 the 5 VC plaques are laid into the esplanade in front of the war memorial, reading left to right: Parslow, Booth, Train, Say...

War dead | WW1
2 subjects commemorated, 1 creator