The Parish Church of St John-at-Hampstead

Langford REED

  • Born: 1889
  • Died: 1954
  • Grave/memorial: D035

Prolific author, journalist [eg Daily Mail] and limerick writer. Compiled the Complete Rhyming Dictionary [1936] and the Complete Limerick Book. Came from old Hampstead family. His tombstone bears a double limerick.

Reference: Buried in Hampstead, Camden History Society 1986
Additional research by the 2012 project team