2-714-903 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'The Polygon, Somers Town, in 1850', (c1876). Somers Town, originally granted by William III to John Somers (1651-1716), was named after Charles Cocks, 1st Baron Somers (1725-1806), the first housing was built at the Polygon amid fields, brick works and market gardens. From "Old and New London: A Narrative of Its History, Its People, and Its Places. The Western and Northern Studies", by Edward Walford. [Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co., London, Paris & New York]