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Arthur Conan Doyle Society

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Arthur Conan Doyle Society

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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - W1

Westminster City Council Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, author, 1859 - 1930, worked...

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Jane Austen

Jane Austen

Jane Austen, novelist of 6 major novels including Pride and Prejudice. Born: Steventon, Hampshire. Died: Winchester, Hampshire. For all Austen-related London locations see Londonist. A statue was u...

Person, Literature, Seriously Famous

3 memorials
Graham Greene

Graham Greene

Author. Born Henry Graham Greene at St John's, Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire. After his marriage, he converted to Roman Catholicism, which became a theme in a number of his novels. During the second w...

Person, Espionage, Literature, Switzerland

2 memorials
James Hanley

James Hanley

Novelist and playwright.  The ODNB says he was born Dublin 1901.  Wikipedia says that's wrong; it was Liverpool in 1897.  Left school aged 12 and educated himself thereafter.  In WW1 he served in t...

Person, Literature, Ireland, Wales

1 memorial
Leigh Hunt

Leigh Hunt

Poet. Born Southgate. Named 'James Henry Leigh Hunt' after the Duke of Chandos, James Henry Leigh, who was employing Hunt's father, a preacher, as tutor to his nephew at the time of Hunt's birth. F...

Person, Literature, Poetry

6 memorials
E.F. Benson

E.F. Benson

Edward Frederic.  Writer best know for the Mapp and Lucia series set in the village of Tilling, actually Rye, which Benson first visited to see Henry James who was staying there. Born Wellington C...

Person, Literature

1 memorial

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HMS Sovereign of the Seas

HMS Sovereign of the Seas

SE18, Wellington Street, Greenwich Town Hall

The text names Phineas Pett as the builder of this ship, but Wikipedia gives "... This was supervised by Peter Pett ... guided by his fat...

3 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
Denmark Place arson attack

Denmark Place arson attack

WC1, Denmark Place, The Outernet

This area has been totally redeveloped and we understand that the developers funded this long overdue plaque. On the day we visited a med...

2 subjects commemorated
Atkins Landscape Architects

Atkins Landscape Architects

Garden and landscape designers.

Group, Gardens / Agriculture

2 memorials
Jennie Lee

Jennie Lee

Politician. Born Janet Lee in Loghgelly, Fife. Entered parliament in 1929, becoming the youngest member of the house. She played a leading part in the founding of the Open University and the expans...

Person, Politics & Administration, Scotland

1 memorial