What is recorded here
This blue commemorative plaque records: Tanner's Cottages Occupied by workers in the tanneries up to the end of the 18th Century. This road was formerly Tanner Street. Recorded plaque organisation: Wantage Joint Environmental Trust.
Tanner's Cottages housed workers essential to the leather industry, reflecting the historical importance of tanneries in local economic development and urban planning up to the end of the 18th Century.
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Photo: Bill Nicholls on Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0