Place    To 1898

Elm House

Categories: Property

Birthplace of William Morris. The family moved from here to Woodford Hall in 1840. The 1890s drawing is by Edmund Hort New (1871 - 1931).

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk

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Elm House

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William Morris - birthplace

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