William Blake was born on 23rd November 1757 in a house which stood on this site.
W1, Marshall Street, 8 William Blake House
These flats were built in the 1960s. This plaque was probably added soon after.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
William Blake - Marshall Street
Poet and artist. Except for 3 years spent on the coast near Bognor, Blake liv...
At the time this intersection was known as Clapham Cross. Lambeth have a photo of the unveiling, where we learnt that "The tower was dis...
In the courtyard at the rear of this building is The George - London's only galleried inn immortalized by Charles Dickens in "Little Dorr...
Londonist have done all the research that is necessary on this spurious plaque.
"20" (or "30") is not the street number since the building to the left of the plaque is number 2 and we found a number 20 on the other si...
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