{Above the coat of arms of Dartford Borough Council:}
Jane Austen, 1775 - 1817, noted novelist. Jane Austen stayed at the former inn on this site, The Bull and George, when travelling to visit her brother in Canterbury.
Dartford Borough Council
We'd guess that this plaque is based on a letter that Jane wrote from here.
DA1, High Street Dartford, 46 - 52
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
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Jane Austen - Dartford
Jane Austen, novelist of 6 major novels including Pride and Prejudice. Born: ...
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Jane Austen - Dartford
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Jane Austen - Dartford
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Westminster City Council Tony Ray-Jones, photographer, 1941 - 1972, lived and worked here. Royal Photographic Society
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Susan Lawrence, 1871 - 1947, social reformer, lived here. English Heritage
