Overview
Eugene Aram Plaque is recorded as Memorial. Eugene Aram was an 18th century schoolteacher who lived and taught here in White Horse Yard ... notorious for his supposed involvement in the murder of another resident, Daniel Clarke ... Aram was executed at York on 6th August 1759.
Why it was made
The saved account explains why this place is remembered as a memorial. Eugene Aram was an 18th century schoolteacher who lived and taught here in White Horse Yard ... notorious for his supposed involvement in the murder of another resident, Daniel Clarke ... Aram was executed at York on 6th August 1759.
People and events
Eugene Aram was an 18th century schoolteacher who lived and taught here in White Horse Yard ... notorious for his supposed involvement in the murder of another resident, Daniel Clarke ... Aram was executed at York on 6th August 1759.
How it worked
The memorial fixes this account to one named and mapped place. The source does not give a fuller account of its construction or operation, so none is added.
What remains
Eugene Aram Plaque remains the exact recorded subject. The saved wording does not provide a full condition survey, and this account does not claim more surviving fabric than the source establishes.
Why it mattered
Eugene Aram Plaque matters because it preserves a specific local connection that would otherwise be reduced to a name on a map. Eugene Aram was an 18th century schoolteacher who lived and taught here in White Horse Yard ... notorious for his supposed involvement in the murder of another resident, Daniel Clarke ... Aram was executed at York on 6th August 1759.
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