Constance Edith Heward - Wakefiekd, UK - Dead Poets' Society Memorials on Waymarking.com

The area in which this house is situated has been a Conservation Area since 1968.

"4.1 St. John's Square was built as a 'new town' development in the 1790s on formerly open land on the northern edge of the town. John Lee, a Wakefield lawyer and developer, was instrumental in masterminding the building of the square and its church, and he lived at No. 2, the best house in the square, which faces south and had a substantial garden. The building carries a commemorative blue plaque." link

The plaque is on house 8 and has the following text.

WAKEFIELD CIVIC SOCIETY

CONSTANCE EDITH
HEWARD
(1884-1968)
AUTHOR OF THE AMELIARANNE SERIES
OF CHILDREN'S BOOKS WHO RAN A
SMALL AND SUCCESSFUL PRIVATE
SCHOOL HERE IN THE 1930S
AND PRIOR TO THAT AT
BROMLEY MOUNT

2015

The 'Ameliaranne' books are about Ameliaranne Stiggins, who is the eldest child of six. Her mother takes in washing to earn a living, but her father is never mentioned. The books were written by a number of different authors, but always illustrated by Susan Beatrice Pearse, and published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.

Constance wrote 8 out of the total of 20 books in the series.

Ameliaranne And The Green Umbrella (1920)
Ameliaranne Keeps Shop (1928)
Ameliaranne, Cinema Star (later published as Ameliaranne And the Monkey) (1929)
Ameliaranne At The Farm (1937)
Ameliaranne Gives a Party (aka Ameliaranne Gives A Christmas Party) (1938)
Ameliaranne Camps Out (1939)
Ameliaranne Keeps School (1940)
Ameliaranne Goes Touring (1941)

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