What is recorded here
This stone commemorative plaque records: Thomas Hardy, O.M. was born in the adjacent cottage and in it wrote "Under the Greenwood Tree" and "Far from the Madding Crowd" This monument is erected to his memory by a few of his American admirers 1931 Recorded plaque organisation: American Friends.
Thomas Hardy OM was a renowned English novelist and poet, best known for works like "Far from the Madding Crowd" and "Tess of the d'Urbervilles," which explored the rural life and social issues of Victorian England.
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