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Building record TR 15 SE 181 - Plaque on Oswald Lodge Frog Lane, Bishopsbourne
Summary
Plaque on Oswald Lodge, Frog Lane, Bishopsbourne to Joseph Conrad (1857-1924) lived and died here.
Location
| Grid reference | TR 1895 5281 (point) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | TR15SE |
| County | KENT |
| District | CANTERBURY, KENT |
| Civil Parish | BISHOPSBOURNE, CANTERBURY, KENT |
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Full Description
Plaque on Oswald Lodge, Frog Lane, Bishopsbourne to Joseph Conrad (1857-1924), died here on 3 August 1924, probably of a heart attack. He was interred at Canterbury Cemetery, Canterbury, under a misspelled version of his original Polish name, as "Joseph Teador Conrad Korzeniowski".[1]:573 Inscribed on his gravestone are the lines from Edmund Spenser's The Faerie Queene which he had chosen as the epigraph to his last complete novel, The Rover:
Kent County Council, 1987-, Kent County Council: holding record (Miscellaneous Material). SKE59004.
Sources/Archives (1)
- --- SKE59004 Miscellaneous Material: Kent County Council. 1987-. Kent County Council: holding record.
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Record last edited
Aug 14 2026 9:55AM