Basingstoke in Hampshire, England, United Kingdom — Northwestern Europe (the British Isles)

John Curwen

Photographed by Stephen Palmer, August 4, 2023

1. John Curwen Marker

Inscription.
Educationalist and developer of the Tonic Sol-fa method of singing, was a minister of this church and taught here 1838-1841

Erected by Basingstoke Heritage Society.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Arts, Letters, Music • Religion & Religious Structures.

Location. 51° 15.748′ N, 1° 5.129′ W. Marker is in Basingstoke, England, in Hampshire. It is on London Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 19 London Street, Basingstoke, England RG21 7NU, United Kingdom. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Greater South East.

Globally, it is on the Atlantic Ocean,

in the North Atlantic Region,

in Europe,

in Atlantic Europe,

on one of the British Isles,

in the Western World,

and in the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Roman Empire.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 11 kilometers of this marker, measured as the crow flies: D Day Landings (approx. 0.3 kilometers away); Remembrance Garden (approx. 0.4 kilometers away); Methodist Church

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(approx. 0.4 kilometers away); The Basing Trail (approx. 0.6 kilometers away); Welcome to the Holy Ghost Cemetery (approx. 0.8 kilometers away); Holy Ghost Cemetery (approx. 0.8 kilometers away); a different marker also named Welcome to the Holy Ghost Cemetery (approx. one kilometer away); Brigadier Manley Angell James VC DSO MBE MC (approx. 10.1 kilometers away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Basingstoke.

Also see . . . John Curwen, Biography.

Excerpt: "In 1853 he delivered a course of lectures at Crosby Hall, which first called public attention to the system. At this time it was estimated that two thousand persons were engaged in learning the tonic sol-fa method; ten years later the number had increased to 186,000, while at the present day there are a million and a half of children learning to sing by this system in the elementary schools alone."

(Submitted on August 4, 2023, by Stephen Palmer of Ascot, England.)

United Reform Church where John Curwen was a Minister image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Stephen Palmer, August 4, 2023

2. United Reform Church where John Curwen was a Minister

Credits. This page was last revised on August 6, 2023. It was originally submitted on August 4, 2023, by Stephen Palmer of Ascot, England. This page has been viewed 108 times since then and 8 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on August 4, 2023, by Stephen Palmer of Ascot, England. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.