Plaque

Sir Edward Elgar - NW3

Inscription

Sir Edward Elgar lived in a house on this site, 1911 - 1921. Here he composed The Music Makers, Falstaff, The Spirit of England.
Erected by the Hampstead Plaque Fund

Site: Sir Edward Elgar - NW3 (2 memorials)

NW3, Netherhall Gardens, 42 - 44

The Elgars called this home Severn House, to remember the Worcestershire countryside. Elgar Memorial Trust have a photo and floor plan of the house and a suggestion that it was designed by Richard Norman Shaw.

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This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Sir Edward Elgar - NW3

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Sir Edward Elgar

Born in Broadheath, near Worcester.  First moved to London on his marriage in...

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This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Sir Edward Elgar - NW3

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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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This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
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Sir Edward Elgar - NW3 (Lost)

Sir Edward Elgar - NW3 (Lost)

The photograph of the plaque is taken from Derek Sumeray's book 'Discovering ...

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