Amelia Opie stone plaque

This stone commemorative plaque records: Amelia Opie Authoress, Dramatist, Poetess and brilliant Consversationalist. Wife of John Opie the famous Portrait painter and daughter of James Alderson the eminent surgeon of St George's Colegate Street Lived in this or an adjacent house Born Nov 19th 1769 Died Dec 2nd 1853 Interred in the Old World Friends Burial Ground of the Gilldencroft

Amelia Opie was a notable author, dramatist, and poet of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, remembered for her moral tales and anti-slavery works; she was also known for her intellectual salons that attracted prominent literary figures.