Walter de la Mare (1873 - 1956)
''Is there anybody there? said the traveller knocking on the moonlit door'.
Walter De La Mare, poet and novelist, lived in the Penge area for 25 years.
Penge Heritage Trail
Bromley
SE20, Green Lane, 46
The plaque is in the pavement between the bike stands and the decorative post.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Walter de la Mare - Green Lane
Poet and writer. Born 83 Maryon Road, Charlton. Best known poem "The Listener...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Walter de la Mare - Green Lane
Formerly part of Kent, it has been part of Greater London since 1963.
A walking tour which includes people and places in the history of Penge. 202...
This square is dedicated to the memory of Paul Head, 1960 - 2014, founding Chair of the Bernie Grant Arts Centre Partnership.
J. D. Gilbert Esq. Chairman of the Fire Brigade Committee of the London County Council laid this stone on the 24th day of June 1901.
This Harbour Masters Office has a rather nice 6-sided pagoda-like from. The model of the basin is on the mini-me brick pedestal. It doesn...
Sir George Grove, 1820 - 1900, promoter of musical knowledge, lived here. English Heritage
The two memorial stones are on the wall to the left of our photo, hidden by the foliage. They are in very good (as new) condition and we ...
Henry Daniel Aldred was born in Penge, Kent (now Greater London) the youngest of the five children of George Henry Aldred (1859-1930) and Caroline Aldred née Perry (1859-1913). His birth was regist...
Master of the Worshipful Company of Butchers, 1961 - 1962. Another escapee from nominative determinism! (see Brunel.)
MP and Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government.
Alan Stanton, suitably impressed with this important plaque, informs that the North South route is now called Watermead Way. Somewhere there must be a plaque commemorating that name change. Please ...
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