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George Orwell blue plaque
George Orwell · Novelist
Inscription
“George Orwell 1903-1950 novelist and political essayist lived here”
Details
1903-50
Life dates
50 Lawford Road, Kentish Town
NW5
Erected 1980
administered by English Heritage as part of the London wide plaque scheme, Greater London Council
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