Polygon Road was the site of The Polygon - a fifteen sided building of 32 houses situated around a garden. William Godwin and Mary Wollstonecraft lived at No 29 for a time and their daughter, later to become Mary Shelley, was born here. Charles Dickens lodged at No 17 some years later when the area was in decline (in 1828). The Polygon was demolished in 1890.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
The Polygon
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Somers Town Mural
This mural was commissioned by the GLC in 1980 and moved to this site by St P...
Other Subjects
Decimus Burton
Architect and urban designer. The 10th child of James Burton the property developer. He was a founding fellow, and later, vice-president of the Royal Institute of British Architects, and architect ...
1 memorial
Powell and Moya
Architects. The two partners were: Sir Arnold Joseph Philip Powell (1921 – 2003), usually known as Philip Powell, and John Hidalgo Moya (1920 – 1994), sometimes known as Jacko Moya, born in America...
1 memorial
Thomas Leverton Donaldson
Architect. Born 8 Bloomsbury Square. Co-founder of RIBA. Died at home, 21 Upper Bedford Place.
1 memorial
Harry Bell Measures, CBE, MVO
Architect. He designed high quality houses in London and south-east England, as well as housing developments for working men in London and Birmingham. A large proportion of his work comprised thirt...
1 memorial
John Dando Sedding
Architect. Born Eton. Specialised in churches and worked in an Arts and Crafts style of Gothic. His major work is Holy Trinity, Sloane Square but this dedicated website lists 6 other churches in ...
1 memorial
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Tower Hamlets Mission - 1
E1, Mile End Road, 31, Charis
The two plaques are inside the gates, one on each side, on the set back walls facing the pavement. The statue is William Booth and not y...
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
Crucifixion
EC1, St John's Square, St John's Cloister Garden
The crucifixion sculpture was created by Cecil Thomas and installed as part of the post war reconstruction (1955-8). A square carved pa...
2 subjects commemorated,
3 creators
1 memorial
W. E. Lawrence
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
War served, WW1
1 memorial
The Triffids
Australian. Relocated to London in August 1984. We guess their name came from the novel "The Day of the Triffids".
1 memorial
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