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 unveiling image (© TfL from the London Transport Museum collection) is captioned "b/w lantern slide, Unveiling ceremony for a war mem...
This area used to be covered by the Caledonian Market, a large meat market built by the Victorians to replace Smithfield. It changed over...
Round Table The neighbourhood of St. Martins Lane was, in the middle of the Eighteenth century, the resort of 'horsy and fighting men'. ...
The plaque is over the entrance to the restaurant.
Edward Irving was once the priest at the Gothic church that was on this site before WW2. Reith's parents were married in this church and ...
