Plaque

Gerard Manley Hopkins - NW3

Inscription

Gerard Manley Hopkins SJ, 1844 - 1889, priest and poet, lived in Oakhill Park 1852 - 1863.
"The World is charged with the grandeur of God"
Erected by the Hampstead Plaque Fund

Site: Gerard Manley Hopkins - NW3 (1 memorial)

NW3, Oak Hill Way, Oakhill House

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Gerard Manley Hopkins - NW3

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Gerard Manley Hopkins

Poet and Jesuit priest. Born 87 The Grove, Stratford, of Welsh ancestry. 1852...

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Heath & (Old) Hampstead Society / Hampstead Plaque Fund

The Hampstead Plaque fund was set up, many years ago, by Ralph Wade and has b...

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