Erection date: 1/6/2011
Sir William Empson, 1906 – 1984, poet and critic, lived here 1929 - 1931, and at 71 Marchmont Street, 1934 -1936.
Marchmont Association
Unveiled by Sir Williams’ son, Jake Empson. At no 71 Empson lived in the the first floor flat.
WC1, Marchmont Street, 65
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Sir William Empson
Poet and critic. Born near Goole, Yorkshire. Considered a great English criti...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Sir William Empson
Aims to promote the on-going improvement of Marchmont Street and the surround...
In the photograph the plaque is just to the right of the arch.
Unrelated fact: In the Avengers Steed's flat was located in the mews behind these houses, Duchess Mews.
Samuel Baylis lived on Whitecross Street and was a founder of the Radical Club, July 1833. Mad in England English Hedonists
This rather attractive building, designed as a Police Station by Sydney Perks, was erected in 1926. The foundation stone is to the right ...
The plaque was not there when we first visited the site. We have returned several times over the years in case a replacement has been ere...
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