John Keats, poet, lived in this house. B: 1795. D: 1821.
{Almost hidden in the decorative border:}
Erected by the Society of Arts
NW3, Keats Grove, Keats House
Here he wrote "Ode to a nightingale" after falling in love with a neighbour's daughter, Fanny Brawne. on a visit here from Spitalfields Life.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
John Keats - NW3
Born 24 Moorfields Pavement Row, Finsbury. This was the Swan and Hoop pub, wh...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
John Keats - NW3
Founded by William Shipley as the "Society of Arts" in Rawthmell's Coffee Hou...
The flanking stones don't really explain: Where did this crest come from (one of their 7 halls presumably, but which)? And why is it her...
Borough Tube Station This was a station of the City and South London Railway that opened in 1890. The line was the world's first undergro...
Bragansas This two-dimensional form is a bragansa, a Cognate word which can be crudely translated as "spirit door" or "tombshadow," but r...
On this and nearby sites stood Curriers' Hall between 1583 and 1940. Corporation of the City of London
Greater London Council William Butterfield, 1814 - 1900, architect, lived here.
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