Tours | Categories (New, Hot) | Map
Alcohol - Ancient - Animal - Architecture - Art - Aviation - Boxing - Celebrity - Charity - Children - Church - Cinema - Comedy - Crime - Dance - Death - Disaster - Drugs - Fashion - Food - Gambling - Ghost - Grave - Health - Historical - Industry - Justice - LGBT - Literary - Look Up - Medical - Military - Motoring - Murder - Museum - Music - Nature - Naval - Paranormal - Pioneer - Poetry - Police - Politics - Pub - Public Amenities - Quirky - Religion - Retail - Ripper - River - Royalty - Science - Sculpture - Sex - Signs - Society - Sport - Subterranean - Technology - Theatre - Train - Transport - Tube - TV - Weather -
Contact Us
IN THE NEWS
TOUR OF THE MONTH
ON THIS DAY IN LONDON
18th February 1917 Born today: Phyllis Calvert, London, actress (Man in Grey)
18th February 1901 Born today: Reginald Sheffield, London England, actor (Second Chance)
18th February 1775 Born today: Thomas Girtin, London, artist/watercolorist
George Orwell Lived here
The place where George Orwell wrote seminal novel 1984.
Location: 27b Canonbury Square, Islington, N1
Description: This was anti-authoritarian author George Orwell's final home - where he lived from 1944 to his death in 1950 in the top floor flat - he called it the most dangerous place to live when the bombs are falling.
He published 'Animal Farm' while here and he wrote '1984' while living in this flat.
Ranking This Month: 1163/2792
Pages Hit This Month: 38
Link to This Page: http://www.shadyoldlady.com/location/1939
Credits: http://www.george-orwell.org/
|
The place where George Orwell wrote seminal novel 1984. |
The Shady Old Lady points out that you can drag this map using mouse. Or visit our full massive map.
HG Wells+Peter Cook lived here», 3.5km
Doves Bindery and Press», 7.0km
London's First Railway Bookstall», 1.7km
Edgar Allen Poe lived here», 1.4km
Daily News to Remember», 2.9km
Vera Brittain lived here», 356km
Goldsmith and Blackstone», 2.2km
JB Priestley lived here», 3.3km
HG Wells lived here», 2.9km
Exciting Books in Soho», 2.6km
mapping London's most interesting and unusual places and history
