2015
ST7847 : Woolf blue plaque on Frome railway station
taken 10 years ago, near to Frome, Somerset, England
Woolf blue plaque on Frome railway station
Located on the wall here Link the plaque records that Leonard Woolf, political theorist, travelled from this station on January 11th 1912 to propose marriage to Adeline Virginia Stephen. The resulting union bore fruit in the League of Nations, the Hogarth Press and the major works of Virginia Woolf, writer.
Blue Plaques
A blue plaque is a permanent sign installed in a public place to commemorate a link between that location and a famous person or event, serving as a historical marker.
The world's first blue plaques were erected in London, England in the nineteenth century to mark the homes and workplaces of famous people.
The original blue plaque scheme started in the 1860s, is now run by English Heritage in London. It is believed to be the oldest such scheme in the world.
There are currently about 850 plaques in London.
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- Grid Square
- ST7847, 136 images (more nearby 🔍)
- Photographer
- Jaggery (more nearby)
- Date Taken
- Thursday, 10 September, 2015 (more nearby)
- Submitted
- Thursday, 10 September, 2015
- Subject Location
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OSGB36:
ST 7845 4760 [10m precision]
WGS84: 51:13.6307N 2:18.5998W - Camera Location
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OSGB36: ST 7845 4760
- View Direction
- WEST (about 270 degrees)
