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...
London Docks has many photographs with very useful captions. These make it clear that of the two buildings on the Quay named Commodity Qu...
LCC Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield, born here, 1804.
Robert Louis Stevenson, 1850 - 1894, author, lived here. Erected by the Hampstead Plaque Fund.
We thank our colleague Alan Patient for providing the photographs of the plaques.
The plaque is on the wall just above and to the right of the AA van in our photo.
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