
What is recorded here
This blue commemorative plaque records: Sir Henry James 1803-1877 Director General of the Ordnance Survey lived here 1854-1875 Recorded plaque organisation: English Heritage.
Henry James was a prominent British military engineer and administrator who served as the Director-General of the Ordnance Survey, significantly contributing to the detailed mapping of Great Britain.
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