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Ava Arnold
Updated on April 05, 2026
She ended her days not in Woodford but in Ethiopia where on her death in 1960 she was given a state funeral. Another bench celebrates the life of William Morris (1834-1896), the polymath now most famous for his textile designs but who, during his lifetime, was equally famous as a writer, poet, painter, socialist and associate of the Pre-Raphaelites.