Peg Woffington
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Margaret Woffington, was an Irish actress and socialite of the Georgian era.
Margaret Woffington, by John Lewis, 1753
A painting of Peg Woffington visiting a fictional poet called Triplet, painted by Rebecca Solomon, 100 years after the death of Woffington.
Margaret Woffington in bed after her paralysis, circa 1758.
Monument in St Mary's church, Teddington
Teddington
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Teddington is a suburb of London in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. Historically an ancient parish in the county of Middlesex and situated close to the border with Surrey, the district bec
Peg Woffington
…as Polly), and cared for and pensioned her mother. Woffington parted from Garrick around 1744, and thence moved to the Thameside Middlesex village of Teddington, into a house called 'Teddington Place' (the building was demolished in 1946, its former grounds now being occupied by Udney Hall Gardens park and St…
Teddington Lock Bridge (west)
Sluice gates on the River Thames
The chapel at Teddington Cemetery
Tram at Teddington in about 1905