What is recorded here
This blue commemorative plaque records: Abel Beesley 1851-1921 waterman, invincible Punting Champion of England who popularised the punt as a leisure craft lived here 1899-1921 Recorded plaque organisation: Oxfordshire Blue Plaques Board.
Abel Beesley was an English waterman and the invincible Punting Champion of England, renowned for popularizing punting as a leisure activity on rivers and lakes.
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