What is recorded here
This black commemorative plaque records: 1725-1807 John Newton Abolitionist & clergyman Author of the hymn 'Amazing Grace' Surveyor of Tides 1754-1755 lived here
Rev John Newton was a prominent Anglican clergyman and abolitionist who played a crucial role in the movement to abolish the slave trade; he is also remembered as the author of the famous hymn 'Amazing Grace'.
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