Walter de la Mare (1873 - 1956)
''Is there anybody there? said the traveller knocking on the moonlit door'.
Walter De La Mare, poet and novelist, lived in the Penge area for 25 years.
Penge Heritage Trail
Bromley
SE20, Green Lane, 46
The plaque is in the pavement between the bike stands and the decorative post.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Walter de la Mare - Green Lane
Poet and writer. Born 83 Maryon Road, Charlton. Best known poem "The Listener...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Walter de la Mare - Green Lane
Formerly part of Kent, it has been part of Greater London since 1963.
A walking tour which includes people and places in the history of Penge. 202...
Tallow Chandlers Hall The Company has occupied this site since 1476.Â
The plaques are just visible in our photo, to the left of the third column from the right. This was built as the South West Essex Techni...
In our photo the sunlit plaque can be seen inside the building, between the heads of the travellers passing through the ticket barriers.
English Heritage Robert Travers Herford, 1860 - 1950, Unitarian minister, scholar and interpreter of Judaism, lived and worked here.
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