Leigh Hunt, poet. Born on October 19th 1784 in a house on this site. Died 1859.
Southgate Civic Trust
Southgate Reform Synagogue
N14, High Street, 41 - 43
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesof london.co.uk
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Leigh Hunt - N14 - birth
Poet. Born Southgate. Named 'James Henry Leigh Hunt' after the Duke of Chando...
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Leigh Hunt - N14 - birth
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