Old Chemist's Shop Plaque

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What is recorded here

A pharmacy from at least 1720, when John Beckwith was the apothecary... The shop ceased to be a pharmacy in 1997.

From OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors) n9882901623

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• N Chadwick, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• habiloid, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• Graham Robson, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• Chris Gorringe, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• michael ely, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• Anne Burgess, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• Michael Garlick, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0

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