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...
This house, Frognal End, is described and photographed in 1897, during Besant's tenure, at OOCities. The Underground Map says the house ...
Sure looks like a City of London plaque but the text around the edge is different. We're guessing that the Congregation funded the plaque...
English Heritage C. R. Cockerell, 1788 - 1863, architect and antiquary, lived and died here.
We thank David Hopkins, our Latin consultant, for yet again providing the Latin translation, without which we really would have no idea w...
Robert Browning lived in this house 1887 - 1889, from here his body was taken for interment in Poets' Corner Westminster Abbey.
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