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John Potter blue plaque

Blue plaque
John Potter blue plaque
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This blue commemorative plaque records: John Potter DD 1674-1747, Bishop of Oxford and from 1737 Archbishop of Canterbury, lived as a boy in the family home here above his father's draper's shop Recorded plaque organisation: Wakefield Civic Society.

From the Open Plaques record 5772

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