H. E. Bates - Essex Road, Rushden, Northamptonshire, UK - Blue Plaques on Waymarking.com

The plaque reads:

'Rushden
Amenities Society

H. E. Bates
Author
Lived here
1914-22'

Rushden Research Group has some further details on H. E.Bates quoted here:

'Amongst his works of 126 novels, 323 short stories and 194 essays, articles, etc. are:- ‘The Jacaranda Tree’, ‘Oh! To be in England’, ‘Fair Stood the Wind for France’ and, most probably his most well known book, ‘The Darling Buds of May’.

He also wrote under the pseudonym Flying Officer ‘X’ for his military novels.

There are still a number of buildings in Rushden that he used for the locations for some of his novels, most notably Rushden Hall in ‘Hall Park’ used as the setting for ‘Love for Lydia’, where the fictional Aspen family lived.

Also used in the same book is the former ’Sanatorium’, later the hospital, where Lydia was a patient after contracting tuberculosis, and later still a day centre; but now like so many old buildings is vacant and slowly declining through lack of maintenance.'

Blue Plaque managing agency: Rushden Amenities Society Individual Recognized: H. E. Bates Physical Address: 15 Essex Road Rushden, Northamptonshire United Kingdom Web Address: [Web Link]

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