Cicely Mary Barker, 1895 - 1973, artist and creator of the Flower Fairy children's books, lived and worked here from 1924 to 1961.
Croydon's Heritage
CR0, The Waldrons, 23
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Cicely Mary Barker
A series of books created by the illusrator Cicely Mary Barker. The first one...
Illustrator. Born at West Croydon. An epilepsy sufferer, she was housebound f...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Cicely Mary Barker
We think the "Croydon's Heritage" plaques must be erected by a section of Cro...
Fred Russell, 1862 - 1957, father of modern ventriloquism, lived here in flat no. 71, 1914 - 1926. English Heritage
English Heritage Marie Stopes, 1880 - 1958, promoter of sex education and birth control, lived here, 1880 - 1892.
The plaque can be seen in our photo, in front of the child stepping out of the water feature.
Hill House (or The Hill), was occupied after his father's death by John Gurney Hoare. In 1896 his son, Sir Samuel Hoare, sold it to Georg...
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