Philip Larkin and Monica Jones black plaque
Overview
Philip Larkin and Monica Jones black plaque is recorded as Commemorative plaque in England Northumberland. This black commemorative plaque records: 1A Ratcliffe Road, Haydon Bridge. Writer Philip Larkin & Monica Jones, his companion of 40 years, shared this secret love nest from 1961 to 1984.
Why it was made
The saved account records: This black commemorative plaque records: 1A Ratcliffe Road, Haydon Bridge.
People and events
The saved account records: Writer Philip Larkin & Monica Jones, his companion of 40 years, shared this secret love nest from 1961 to 1984.
How it worked
The saved account records: "I thought your little house seemed...distinguished and exciting and beautiful...it looks splendid, and it can never be ordinary with the Tyne going by outside...a great English river drifting under your window, brown and muscled with currents!" Philip Larkin April 19xx
What remains
The official record fixes the place and calls it Commemorative plaque. It does not provide a full list of finds or a current condition report, so visible and buried remains are not guessed.
Why it mattered
Philip Larkin and Monica Jones black plaque matters because its inscription ties a person, group, event or old local practice to this exact place. The source records: 1A Ratcliffe Road, Haydon Bridge. Writer Philip Larkin & Monica Jones, his companion of 40 years, shared this secret love nest from 1961 to 1984. "I thought your little house seemed...distinguished and exciting and beautiful...it looks splendid, and it can never be ordinary with the Tyne going by outside...a great English river drifting under your window, brown and muscled with currents!" Philip Larkin April 19xx The importance lies in the life remembered here, not in the plaque as a piece of metal.
History checked 15 August 2026 against the named sources below.
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