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Why this matters
Anne Brontë, the youngest of the Brontë sisters, was an English novelist and poet, best known for her novels "Agnes Grey" and "The Tenant of Wildfell Hall," which addressed social issues and women's rights in the Victorian era.
Overview
Anne Brontë blue plaque at Grand Hotel, St Nicholas Cliff, Scarborough, England records Anne Brontë. Its saved words give the local connection directly: “Anne Brontë 1820-1849 writer died in a house on this site on May 28th 1849”
Why it was made
This marker was made to keep the connection between Anne Brontë and Grand Hotel, St Nicholas Cliff, Scarborough, England visible. Open Plaques connects Scarborough and District Civic Society with this marker. The saved record does not add a separate unveiling story unless the inscription itself gives one.
People and events
The plaque's exact saved inscription reads: “Anne Brontë 1820-1849 writer died in a house on this site on May 28th 1849”. The people list identifies Anne Brontë, described in the source as writer.
How it worked
The source records a blue plaque at Grand Hotel, St Nicholas Cliff, Scarborough, England. A person reading it there can connect the named people, work or event to the exact local setting rather than to a loose biography elsewhere.
What remains
The saved Open Plaques entry was marked current and recorded with a photograph when this account was checked. Its individual source page is plaque 1662; this account does not turn that saved record into a promise about present access or condition.
Why it mattered
The local value is the precise link between Anne Brontë and Grand Hotel, St Nicholas Cliff, Scarborough, England. The plaque preserves that small piece of evidence in public view, so the action, residence, work or event in its own words is not reduced to a name and dates alone.
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