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Cecil Day Lewis blue plaque
Cecil Day Lewis · Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom
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“C. Day-Lewis 1904-1972 Poet Laureate lived here 1957-1972”
Details
1904-72
Life dates
6 Crooms Hill, SE10 Greenwich
SE10
Erected 1998
administered by English Heritage as part of the London wide plaque scheme, English Heritage
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