Thomas Hardy, 1840 - 1928, poet and author, lived here, 1863 - 1874.
A pleasingly unofficial blue plaque - a rather emphatic layout with the letters practically breaking out the circle.
W2, Westbourne Park Villas, 16
Hardy rented a room on the top floor at the back. The authoritative  by Mark Ford give his dates here as 1863 - 7.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Thomas Hardy - W2
Novelist and poet, best known for his novels set in rural 'Wessex' such as Te...
English Heritage Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax, 1881-1959, statesman, Viceroy of India and foreign secretary, lived here.
There was a mediaeval mansion on this site, built in the 14th century and later occupied by Edward de Vere, Earl of Oxford. In 1717 Edwar...
Simon Bolivar el libertador. The great Latin American statesman and patriot who liberated Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Peru & ...
There seems to be a number of buildings in the Kennedy Estate. For example on the other side of Newington Green Road there is John Kenne...
The one and only Gizmo, local personality and Shihtzu, lived here 5.11.88 - 13.1.99
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