Charles Darwin
- Plaque text
- Hillside. Charles Darwin & family stayed here (Wells Terrace) while awaiting the publication of 'On the Origin of Species' in autumn 1859. In the 20th century it became St Winifred's Maternity Home.
- Scheme
- Ilkley Civic Society
- Location
- Crossbeck Road, Ilkley
This plaque marks the place where Charles Darwin stayed with his family while waiting for On the Origin of Species to be published.