Somers Town, London, England

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Somers Town, London, England is a historic inner-city district near St Pancras known for its 18th–19th century radical and literary associations, including being the place where writer and philosopher Mary Wollstonecraft died.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf district
inner-city area
neighbourhood
adjacentTo London Euston
surface form: Euston

London King’s Cross
surface form: King's Cross

London St Pancras International
surface form: St Pancras
country United Kingdom
developmentBegan late 18th century
governedBy London Borough of Camden
surface form: Camden London Borough Council
hasCharacteristic high-density housing
inner-city deprivation
multicultural population
social housing estates
hasCulturalRepresentation film "Somers Town" (2008)
works of Charles Dickens set in the area
hasHistoricalPeriod 18th century
19th century
hasLandmark Brill Place
Ossulston Estate
Somers Town Coffee House
St Mary’s Church, Eversholt Street
St Pancras Old Church
hasNotableResident Charles Dickens
George Padmore
Mary Wollstonecraft
Paul Robeson
William Godwin
historicalFunction centre of radical thought
refuge for political exiles
knownFor literary associations
radical political associations
working-class history
locatedIn England
Inner London
locatedNear London Euston
surface form: Euston railway station

London King’s Cross
surface form: King's Cross railway station

London St Pancras International
surface form: St Pancras railway station
namedAfter Somers family
nearRoad Euston Road
Hampstead Road
notableEvent death of Mary Wollstonecraft
partOf London, England
surface form: London

London Borough of Camden
postalDistrict NW1
region Greater London
timeZone Greenwich Mean Time
timeZoneDST British Summer Time

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Mary Shelley placeOfBirth Somers Town, London, England
Mary Wollstonecraft placeOfDeath Somers Town, London, England