
What is recorded here
This blue commemorative plaque records: "The Old Blue Bell Inn" stood on this site for almost 300 years. Close by was the workshop of James Philpot who, in 1589, produced the earliest recorded book to be printed in Hampshire Recorded plaque organisation: Gosport Borough Council.
James Philpot operated a workshop near the Old Blue Bell Inn where he printed the earliest known book in Hampshire in 1589, marking a significant milestone in the region's literary and printing history.
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