Gilbert Keith Chesterton was born here, 29th May 1874.
Are we proud of spotting this small, dark plaque? You bet we are!
W8, Sheffield Terrace, 32 - 34
Chesterton at 32. Carlile at 34, behind the scaffolding.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
G. K. Chesterton - birth
Writer. Born 32 Sheffield Terrace, Campden Hill, as Gilbert Keith Chesterton....
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G. K. Chesterton - birth
Prebendary Wilson Carlile, 1847 - 1942, founder of the Church Army, lived her...
The Jarrett plaque is laid into the tarmac path between this pillar and the Kennington Park air-raid memorial.
Charles Morgan, 1894 - 1958, novelist and critic, lived and died here. English Heritage
The high polish meant that we had to photo these plaques at a slant.
The cloister garden is accessed through the gates in the building on St John Square. Free to visit and open most days. The garden was fir...
Edward McKnight Kauffer 1890 - 1954, Marion Dorn, 1896 - 1964, designers, lived here in flats 139/141. English Heritage
English Heritage Dame Sybil Thorndike, 1882-1976, actress, lived here, 1921-1932.
From LSHTM: "Marie Sklodowska-Curie was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize, the first person to win twice, and the only person to win a Nobel Prize in two different sciences: physics and chemistr...
Founded by Edith How-Martyn to "perpetuate the memory of the pioneers and outstanding events connected with women's emancipation and especially with the militant suffrage campaign, 1905-14, and thu...
1922 is the year that the Club took on its current name, though we don't know what it was previously called. We can't discover the conne...
Electrician on the RMS Titanic. A full résumé of his life can be found on the Encyclopedia Titanica website. He is also commemorated on the Engineers Memorial, Andrews East Park, Above Bar Street,...
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