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John Towle black plaque

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This black commemorative plaque records: John Towle (1796-1885) was miller at the nearby Hinksey and Weirs Mills. As a councillor, alderman and mayor he organised Chartist meetings in the 1840s and devised and published a scheme for the drainage of Oxford. Recorded plaque organisation: Oxford City Council.

From the Open Plaques record 8780

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