Percy Bysshe Shelley, 1792 - 1822, poet, lived here in 1811.
English Heritage
Shelley lodged here after he was expelled from Oxford.
W1, Poland Street, 15
The mural on the sidewall of the building includes a faux blue plaque 'The Soho Mural, Ode to the West Wind, 1989 Louise Vines for London Wall 01 737 4948'. - this Ode being a Shelley poem.
Credit for this entry to: Bob Baker
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Percy Shelley - W1
Poet. Born at Field Place, near Horsham in Sussex. Had a habit of eloping wit...
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Percy Shelley - W1
Site of Newgate, demolished 1777. The Corporation of the City of London
We cannot explain the connection with Joyce Grenfell.
Greater London Council Mary Kingsley, 1862 - 1900, traveller and ethnologist, lived here as a child.
English Heritage François Guizot, 1787-1874, French politician and historian, lived here, 1848-1849.
The cheerful quotation is from Proverbs 9:10 and also 1:7.
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