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George Gordon Byron and Swine Green green plaque

Commemorative plaque
George Gordon Byron and Swine Green green plaque
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This green commemorative plaque records: This site was formerly known as Swine Green Lord Byron wrote his first piece of poetry in 1798, with the verse "In Nottingham County there lives at Swine Green as curst an old lady as ever was seen....." Recorded plaque organisation: Holbrook Bequest, Nottingham Evening Post, City of Nottingham.
Lord George Gordon Byron was a renowned British Romantic poet and politician, remembered for works like "Childe Harold's Pilgrimage" and "Don Juan"; his early poetic efforts included verses written about Swine Green in Nottinghamshire.

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