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...
Greater London Council Walter Sickert, 1860 - 1942, painter and etcher, lived and worked here.
Site of the 13th century Hospital of St Anthony and of the French Protestant Church, demolished 1840. The Corporation of the City of London
Greater London Council George Dance the younger, 1741 - 1825, architect lived and died here.
This area of London has changed beyond all recognition. A London Inheritance has done a great job reimagining how it used to be.
Alfred Bestall, 1892 - 1986, illustrator of Rupert Bear, lived here 1936 - 1966. English Heritage
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