What is recorded here
This blue commemorative plaque records: A hall in the centre of the street here was an Assize Court and Market House 1600-1834. Here too Lizzie Taff was sold in 1801 for half a crown by her husband
Lizzie Taff was sold by her husband for half a crown in 1801, an event that highlights the legal and social injustices faced by women under coverture laws in England.
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