What is recorded here
This commemorative plaque records: James Alfred Wight OBE FRCVS 1916-1995 The vet, whose pen name was James Herriot was born here Recorded plaque organisation: Sunderland Antiquarian Society.
James Alfred Wight, writing under the pen name James Herriot, is renowned for his best-selling veterinary novels that offer a nostalgic look at rural life in Yorkshire during the mid-20th century.
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