What is recorded here
This blue commemorative plaque records: 4 Grove Street. An auction house built c.1870. This was later a dance hall before Luke Howgate, funeral furnisher, came here in the 1920s. The carved heads are Mr Fox, auctioneer, on the left and Dr George Fearnley, first mayor of Dewsbury, on the right. Recorded plaque organisation: Dewsbury Matters.
Why this person mattered
The building at 4 Grove Street served multiple purposes from an auction house to a dance hall; it is notably marked by carved heads representing Mr. Fox, an auctioneer, and Dr. George Fearnley, who was significant as the first mayor of Dewsbury.
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