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Somers Town, London history


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St Pancras Old Church is believed by many to be one of the oldest Christian sites in England. The churchyard remains consecrated but is managed by Camden Council as a park. It holds many literary associations, from Charles Dickens to Thomas Hardy.

18th and 19th centuries

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In 1784, the first housing was built at the Polygon amid fields, brick works and market gardens on the northern fringes of London. Mary Wollstonecraft, writer, philosopher and feminist, lived there with her husband William Godwin, and died there in 1797 after giving birth to the future Mary Shelley, author of Frankenstein. The area appears to have appealed to middle-class people fleeing the French Revolution.

20th century

Improvement of slum housing conditions was first undertaken by St Pancras Borough Council in 1906 at Goldington Buildings, at the junction of Pancras Road and Royal College Street. The area has also had a number of hospitals, such as Elizabeth Garrett Anderson and National Temperance. Somers Town experienced ethnic tension between whites and Bengalis in the early 1990s.

21st century

Major construction work was completed in 2008 to allow Eurostar trains to arrive at the refurbished St Pancras station. The Francis Crick Institute was acquired as the site for a major medical research institute. Somers Town has a flourishing street market, held in Chalton Street, Wednesday to Friday.

  

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