Near this spot lie the mortal remains of Christopher Marlowe, who met his untimely death in Deptford on May 30th 1593.
Cut is the branch that might have grown full straight, Doctor Faustus.
SE8, Deptford Green, St Nicholas' Churchyard
The actual location of his grave is unknown.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Christopher Marlowe
Playwright and poet, for definite. Spy? Atheist? Homosexual? Shakespeare? Bap...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Christopher Marlowe
Playwright and poet, for definite. Spy? Atheist? Homosexual? Shakespeare? Bap...
The plaque refers to the Verbruggens as brothers, when in fact they were father and son.
Sir Francis Galton, 1822-1911, explorer, statistician, founder of eugenics, lived here for fifty years.
Greater London Council Walter Sickert, 1860 - 1942, painter and etcher, lived and worked here.
Both the views depicted on the plaque are "protected". Referring to the view of the river, Country Life explains that "... the 1902 Rich...
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