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Lewis Tregonwell brown plaque

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Lewis Tregonwell brown plaque
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This brown commemorative plaque records: The the memory of Lewis D. G. Tregonwell who erected the first house in Bournemouth on this site in 1810. He died on Jan 18th 1831. Aged 73 and was buried in St. Peter's Churchyard, Bournemouth. He was descended from Sir John Tregonwell a member of an ancient Cornish family Recorded plaque organisation: Bournemouth Borough Council, Members of the Bournemouth and District Cornish Association and Friends.

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