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The Polygon

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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.

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The Polygon

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William Walford

William Walford

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Colin Ward

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1 memorial
John Elger

John Elger

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1 memorial

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Megan Eileen Heffernan

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1 memorial
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Henry Fielding

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Edward Hearn

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1 memorial
W. T. Cannon

W. T. Cannon

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War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Horatio ('Horace') Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford

Horatio ('Horace') Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford

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