Gilbert Keith Chesterton was born here, 29th May 1874.
Are we proud of spotting this small, dark plaque? You bet we are!
W8, Sheffield Terrace, 32 - 34
Chesterton at 32. Carlile at 34, behind the scaffolding.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
G. K. Chesterton - birth
Writer. Born 32 Sheffield Terrace, Campden Hill, as Gilbert Keith Chesterton....
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
G. K. Chesterton - birth
Prebendary Wilson Carlile, 1847 - 1942, founder of the Church Army, lived her...
William Johnson Cory, Ionicus, 1823 - 1892, teacher, scholar and poet. Lived and died in this house. An assistant master at Eton College ...
The plaque is on the low, angled, wall - angled upwards to catch the rain, hence its poor condition.
The plot consists of 36 graves acquired by the London Fire Brigade Widows and Orphans Fund (founded in1882 by Massey Shaw, who, probably ...
Our photos were taken in 2018, just before a new, attached, building was constructed, where the hedge is. Happily one section of the 1867...
Although not specified on the plaque, it was erected by Wandsworth LGBTQ+ Forum.
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