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5 unusual facts about Somers Town


Antonio Puigblanch

Antonio Puigblanch died on September 25, 1840, at 51 Johnson Street (now Cranleigh Street), Somers Town, London.

Irene Barclay

She had a general surveying practice but is best known for the work her firm did for the St Pancras House Improvements Society (later St Pancras Housing Association) of which she was secretary, started in Somers Town and later working elsewhere in North London.

Margaret Hallahan

She was sent to an orphanage at Somers Town for two years, and then at the age of eleven went out to service, in which state of life she remained a for nearly thirty years.

William Bonneau Noble

He died in Somers Town, London, on 14 September 1831, leaving in manuscript a long poem entitled The Artist.

William Job Collins

Regent High School in Somers Town, London, formerly South Camden Community School and previously Sir William Collins Secondary School which was named after him.


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