The Corporation of the City of London
William Blake, poet and painter, lived here. Born 1757, died 1827.
Initially we were puzzled why the Corporation of the City of London would erect a plaque so far to the west of its patch, but our colleague, Alan Patient, found out. This area used to be the Conduit Mead(e) Estate which was owned and managed by the Corporation.
W1, South Molton Street, 17
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
William Blake - W1, S. Molton Street
Poet and artist. Except for 3 years spent on the coast near Bognor, Blake liv...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
William Blake - W1, S. Molton Street
The municipal governing body of the City of London. Officially the 'Mayor and...
The plaque is in the pavement - the man in our photo will walk over it in about 3 strides.
'Mail Rail' - Post Office Railway, 1927 - 2003, 6½ mile, 2 ft gauge, driverless underground railway, linking postal sorting offices, and ...
Arthur Stanley Wint 1920 - 1992, RAF pilot,doctor & diplomat, gold medal olympian, lived at this address 1949 - 1960. Chinara Enterpr...
Bertram Mills had died 8 months before the plaque was unveiled. The Winnipeg Tribune of 7 January the following year contains a vivid de...
John Masefield, OM, 1878 - 1967, poet laureate, lived here, 1907 - 1912. English Heritage
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