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Elizabeth Gaskell red plaque

Commemorative plaque
Elizabeth Gaskell red plaque
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This red commemorative plaque records: First School and Chapel House built here 1734. Early meeting place of Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society founded 1781. Elizabeth Gaskell (1810 - 1865) worshipped here. Recorded plaque organisation: Manchester City Council.
Elizabeth Gaskell was a prominent Victorian novelist and biographer, known for her detailed depiction of social conditions in the Industrial Revolution era; she is remembered for works such as "North and South" and her biography of Charlotte Brontë.

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