chiswick timeline of writers & books: a quick guide
From the Writers Trail:
L) WB Yeats 1865-1939. Poet: The Lake Isle of Innisfree was written in Chiswick, inspired by Chiswick Eyot. Lived in Bedford Park in the 1880s and 90s. Nobel Prize for Literature 1923.
3 Blenheim Road, W4 1UB (Green plaque from Bedford Park Society) and 8 Woodstock Road W4 1UE. (Private houses, no access)
WB Yeats: Nobel Prize winning poet The Chiswick Calendar
Celebrate poet WB Yeats in Bedford Park + Discover Bedford Park with WB Yeats – Spacehive
WB Yeats Bedford Park Art Project
Yeats in Bedford Park by Chris Deering ChiswickW4.com
Bob Geldof on WB Yeats: A Fanatic Heart – BBC Four + DVD – Amazon
The Nobel Prize: William Butler Yeats
In June 2022, the Project to celebrate WB Yeats in Bedford Park will come to fruition, with the opening of a sculpture by Royal Academician near St Michael & All Angels Church. Yeats is one of two winners of the Nobel Prize for Literature on Chiswick’s Writers Trail; he lived for several years at 3 Blenheim Road and 8 Woodstock Road.
Read about his time in Bedford Park, Chiswick, and the project for a memorial to him, in an interview with poet Cahal Dallat on The Chiswick Calendar and watch his 2022 interview with Nick Hennigan of Resonance FM on YouTube.
Chiswick Timeline Writers Trail
Read more stories via the Writers Tales page.
Further reading: Bedford Park (Wikipaedia)
Bob Geldof was filmed in Bedford Park for his BBC documentary Bob Geldof on WB Yeats: A Fanatic Heart. It was available to view on BBCiPlayer for 29 days from December 10th 2020. Bob Geldof on WB Yeats: A Fanatic Heart – DVD – Amazon, from £17.14.
