What is recorded here
This green commemorative plaque records: Here were published Lord Byron's first poems "Fugitive Pieces" Nov 1806 "Hours of Idleness" July 1807 Recorded plaque organisation: Newark Archaeological & Local Historical Society (NALHS).
Lord George Gordon Byron was a prominent British Romantic poet known for works like "Childe Harold's Pilgrimage" and "Don Juan"; his early poetry collections "Fugitive Pieces" and "Hours of Idleness" were published here in 1806 and 1807, respectively.
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