Thomas Ingoldsby black plaque

This black commemorative plaque records: The Thomas Ingoldsby Richard Harris Barham was born in 1788 at 61 Burgate, across the road from this Wetherspoon pub. Using the pen name of Thomas Ingoldsby, he wrote The Ingoldsby Legends which first appeared in 1840 in a periodical edited by Charles Dickens. Recorded plaque organisation: J. D. Wetherspoon.

Richard Harris Barham, using the pen name Thomas Ingoldsby, was a Victorian writer known for his humorous and macabre tales collected as "The Ingoldsby Legends," published starting in 1840; these stories were popular in their time and contributed to the literary collaborations of the era, including work with Charles Dickens.