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Sign: York - the house where the poet Wystan Hugh Auden was born


Address:
54 Bootham, York YO30 7XZ, UK
Category:
Monuments and History
City:
York For all manhole covers in York
Country:
United Kingdom For all manhole covers in United Kingdom
Shape:
Rectangle
Material:
Metal
Placement:
Wall or fence


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On the sign:
Emblem of York Civic Trust

W. H. AUDEN (1907-1973)
Wystan Hugh Auden. poet, was born in this house on the 21st. February 1907.
Photography:
2023
Yael Gairola
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Comments:
One of a series of plaques on behalf of York Civic Trust commemorating historic places in the city of York.

The sign is on the wall of the house where the British-American poet was born who is known to the public mainly from the quotation of his poem "Funeral Blues" in the movie Four Weddings and a Funeral.

The house was photographed on the same day by the same photographer Click for a larger image


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(12 Meter 80°)
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49 Bootham, York YO30 7BT, UK
(26 Meter 104°)
York - Commemorative plaque at Seebohm Rowntree’s birthplace
66 Bootham, York YO30 7BZ, UK
(89 Meter 295°)
York - Commemorative plaque in the house where William Arthur Evelyn lived
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(104 Meter 113°)
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2A Bootham, York YO30 7BL, UK
(207 Meter 118°)
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2-4 High Petergate, York YO1 7EH, UK
(238 Meter 118°)

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