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Tomb Of Sir Walter Besant In St Johns Churchyard Extension

  • Address: Church Row
  • Type: Headstone, tombstone, or gravestone
  • Travel Genus: Sight
  • Sight Category: Object

Tomb Of Sir Walter Besant In St Johns Churchyard Extension is a Grade II English Listed grave in Hampstead, London, United Kingdom. Sir Walter Besant was an antiquarian, a novelist and social reformer. His socially-conscious novels prompted the establishment of the People's Palace in Mile End in London. - AsNotedIn


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1901/06/09 Walter Besant dies in Frognal, London. His grave is marked one with granite headstone and grave slab stone. The pointed arch headstone is inscribed with a quotation from Leigh Hunt, "Write as one who loves his fellow-men".

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Particulars for Tomb Of Sir Walter Besant In St Johns Churchyard Extension:
Area of Significance Architecture
Historic Use Graves, burials
Object type Headstone, tombstone, or gravestone
Sight Category Object
Criteria Person

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English Listed Building List Entry Number: 1356755



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