Leigh Hunt, poet & essayist, lived here 1853 - 1859.
This plaque is in the same style as one for Marcus Garvey, both located in the Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham. Their creators are not indicated, and curiously we have found another group of plaques with their own distinctive style, also anonymously erected, and in the same borough.
W6, Rowan Road, 16
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Leigh Hunt - W6
Poet. Born Southgate. Named 'James Henry Leigh Hunt' after the Duke of Chando...
The plaque can be seen in our photo, above the left-most car.
Sir Alan Cobham, 1894 - 1973, aviator, was born here. English Heritage
Our researches show that when a Mrs I.M.C. Pigg stood for election as a Labour councillor in 1946 she failed to gain the necessary suppor...
This portion of the building was destroyed by German bombing on the night of 27th September 1940, restored in 1948.
On the wall behind are two baskets for flowers and some screw holes. And on the wall a little to the left of the photo is another similar...
