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Plaque

Sir Walter Besant - Frognal Gardens

Inscription

Sir Walter Besant (1836 - 1901) novelist and antiquary, lived and died here.
L.C.C. 

Site: Besant & Gaitskell (2 memorials)

NW3, Frognal Gardens, 18

This house, Frognal End, is described and photographed in 1897, during Besant's tenure, at . The says the house was built in 1892 for Besant.

Steve Tatum's Flickr has a and gives "House built in 1892. Architect, James Neale. Construction, Allison & Foskett."

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Sir Walter Besant - Frognal Gardens

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Sir Walter Besant

Novelist and London historian.  Born Portsmouth. 1884 co-founded the Society ...

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Sir Walter Besant - Frognal Gardens

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London County Council

Prior to the LCC London matters were run by church parishes. The LCC was the ...

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Sir Walter Besant - Frognal Gardens

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Hugh Gaitskell

Hugh Gaitskell

Hugh Gaitskell, 1906 - 1963, statesman lived here. Greater London Council 

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