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Ipswich: sculpture over the door of the former Great White Horse Hotel, Tavern Street
by Christopher Hilton
for square TM1644
As a plaque on the frontage indicates, Charles Dickens stayed at the Great White... (more)
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Elizabeth Gaskell's House, Plymouth Grove, Manchester
by Christopher Hilton
geograph for square SJ8596
The novelist Elizabeth Gaskell (1810-1865) lived here with her husband (William... (more)
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Ipswich: plaque on the former Great White Horse Hotel, Tavern Street
by Christopher Hilton
for square TM1644
As the plaque indicates, Charles Dickens stayed at the Great White Horse Hotel,... (more)
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Ipswich: former Great White Horse Hotel, Tavern Street
by Christopher Hilton
geograph for square TM1644
As a plaque on the frontage indicates, Charles Dickens stayed at the Great White... (more)
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Gardens, Hemingford Manor
by Christopher Hilton
geograph for square TL2870
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Hemingford Manor and gardens, Hemingford Grey
by Christopher Hilton
geograph for square TL2870
The core of Hemingford Manor was built around 1130 and is one of the oldest... (more)
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Nottingham Midland station: the entrance hall
by Christopher Hilton
for square SK5739
"But I know this city!" The opening words of B.S. Johnson's... (more)
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Nottingham Midland station: the taxi road at the west end of the station
by Christopher Hilton
for square SK5739
"But I know this city!" The opening words of B.S. Johnson's... (more)
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A literary connection in Ovingdean
by Marathon
geograph for square TQ3503
The plaque to the right of the door says "OVINGDEAN GRANGE. Immortalised in... (more)
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Bronte Parsonage Museum
by Chris Heaton
geograph for square SE0237
This was the home of the famous Bronte Sisters for much of their adult life -... (more)
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22 Noel Road, Islington: home of Nina Bawden
by Christopher Hilton
for square TQ3183
The writer Nina Bawden lived here from 1976 to her death in 2012. For the house... (more)
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25 Noel Road, Islington: home of Joe Orton
by Christopher Hilton
geograph for square TQ3183
The playwright Joe Orton lived and died with his partner Kenneth Halliwell at 25... (more)
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Noel Road, Islington
by Christopher Hilton
geograph for square TQ3183
Slightly protruding on the right side of the street, where the tree's... (more)
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Childhood home of Enid Blyton, Chaffinch Road, Beckenham
by Christopher Hilton
geograph for square TQ3669
As the plaque explains, the children's author Enid Blyton (1897-1968) lived... (more)
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25 Noel Road, Islington: home of Joe Orton
by Christopher Hilton
geograph for square TQ3183
The playwright Joe Orton lived and died with his partner Kenneth Halliwell at 25... (more)
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St Michael's Church, East Coker
by Christopher Hilton
geograph for square ST5312
East Coker was made famous by the second of T.S. Eliot's "Four... (more)
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Sciennes Hill House
by kim traynor
for square NT2672
Category: Plaque
A wall plaque commemorates the only recorded meeting of Scotland's two... (more)
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Close up of New Row, with literary associations
by Bob Harvey
for square SK9924
Category: Cottages
Close up of SK9924 : New Row - obviously the literary associations of 'New... ( more) |
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Dr. John Brown's House, Rutland Street
by kim traynor
for square NT2473
Category: Building
Inscribed stone on the house of Victorian author, Dr. John Brown. Now little... (more)
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'Pip's graves' in Cooling Churchyard
by Marathon
geograph for square TQ7575
St James Church at Cooling on the edge of the marshes in North Kent is one of... (more)
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The Elephant House cafe
by Chris Holifield
for square NT2573
A cafe made famouse by its association with J K Rowling, who wrote parts of the... (more)
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Bodinnick war memorial
by Christopher Hilton
for square SX1352
Located on the Hall Walk footpath, a little outside the village. The memorial... (more)
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Colwith Bridge, Little Langdale: county boundary marker carving
by Christopher Hilton
for square NY3303
Colwith Bridge marks what used to be the boundary between Lancashire and... (more)
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Colwith Bridge, Little Langdale
by Christopher Hilton
geograph for square NY3303
Colwith Bridge marks what used to be the boundary between Lancashire and... (more)
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Barthomley: church of St Bertoline
by Christopher Hilton
geograph for square SJ7652
St Bertoline's was the scene of a massacre during the Civil War. On... (more)
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Coxwold: Shandy Hall
by Christopher Hilton
for square SE5377
The home in the eighteenth century of the novelist Lawrence Sterne, who was... (more)
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Stanbury, near Haworth: looking up the valley from Hob Lane
by Christopher Hilton
geograph for square SE0036
In the distance, Ponden Reservoir: beyond that lies Top Withens, usually assumed... (more)
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Higher Bockhampton: Thomas Hardy monument near his birthplace
by Christopher Hilton
geograph for square SY7292
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Higher Bockhampton: Thomas Hardy's birthplace
by Christopher Hilton
geograph for square SY7292
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Coniston: Coppermines Valley
by Christopher Hilton
geograph for square SD2898
This entire valley is dominated by the detritus of disused copper mines. (For... (more)
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Dudwell valley west of Bateman's
by Christopher Hilton
geograph for square TQ6623
In the distance Bateman's, the Jacobean house that was home to Rudyard... (more)
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Bateman's: east front
by Christopher Hilton
for square TQ6723
Jacobean house that was home to Rudyard Kipling: many of the surrounding... (more)
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St James' church, Cooling
by Christopher Hilton
geograph for square TQ7575
St James, looking out over the marshes towards the Thames, is often said to be... (more)
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St James' church, Cooling
by Christopher Hilton
geograph for square TQ7575
St James, looking out over the marshes towards the Thames, is often said to be... (more)
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Teach Synge
by Oliver Dixon
geograph for square L9304
The cottage where John Millington Synge stayed every summer from 1898 to 1902.... (more)
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St George’s Churchyard Gardens
by Marathon
geograph for square TQ3279
The church of St George The Martyr is featured in Dickens’ book “Little Dorrit”... (more)
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St George’s Churchyard Gardens
by Marathon
geograph for square TQ3279
The church of St George The Martyr is featured in Dickens’ book “Little Dorrit”... (more)
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Number 42
by Bob Harvey
for square TF0820
The trunk of TF0820 : Oak Tree complete with woodcrete birdbox number 42.
There is... ( more) |
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The ford across the Wycoller Beck
by Marathon
geograph for square SD9339
The invention of power looms in the 19th century led to the village of... (more)
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The clapper bridge at Wycoller
by Marathon
geograph for square SD9339
The invention of power looms in the 19th century led to the village of... (more)
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St Margaret's church, Somersby
by Christopher Hilton
geograph for square TF3472
Alfred Lord Tennyson was born at Somersby, where his father was the rector, and... (more)
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Philip Larkin: poet and Coventrian
by Christopher Hilton
for square SP3378
On platform 1 of Coventry station, a plaque quotes Larkin's "I... (more)
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Treasure Island
by Richard Webb
for square NT5585
Not Great Britain this time, but Stevenson's. A map on the street in North Berwick.
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Haworth churchyard
by Christopher Hilton
geograph for square SE0237
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Main Street, Haworth
by Christopher Hilton
geograph for square SE0337
In the foreground, the Black Bull, where Bramwell Brontë drank (too much).
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Grave of Anne Bronte, St Mary's Church, Scarborough
by Christopher Hilton
geograph for square TA0489
Deterioration of the stone has led to a duplicate being placed on the ground in... (more)
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Swanston Cottage
by kim traynor
geograph for square NT2367
This was the little house occupied by Robert Louis Stevenson's nurse... (more)
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Swanston Cottage
by kim traynor
geograph for square NT2367
This is the house which was leased by the family of the writer Robert Louis... (more)
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Swanston Cottage
by kim traynor
geograph for square NT2367
The house leased by the family of the writer Robert Louis Stevenson as a Summer... (more)
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Cottages at Swanston
by kim traynor
geograph for square NT2467
"The hamlet behind [the farmhouse] is one of the least considerable of... (more)
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