Plaque

Sarah and William Adams

Erection date: 1999

Inscription

On this site lived William Bridges Adams (1797 - 1872) inventor and polemicist, and his wife Sarah Flower (1805 - 1848) hymnodist and poet.
Loughton Town Council 1999

Site: Sarah and Williams Adams (2 memorials)

IG10, Woodbury Hill, 9

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of plaquesoflondon.co.uk

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Sarah and William Adams

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Sarah Flower Adams

Actress, hymnwriter and poet. Born Sarah Fuller Flower in Old Harlow, Essex. ...

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William Bridges Adams

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Loughton Town Council

An Urban District Council from 1900 to 1933. It became part of Chigwell Urban...

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