
What is recorded here
This blue commemorative plaque records: Near this spot stood Harborough House, the home circa 1880-1896 of Walter Money FSA (1836-1926) The founder of modern Newbury historical studies. Author of The First and Second Battles of Newbury and the Siege of Donnington Castle (1881), The History of the Ancient Town and Borough of Newbury (1887), A Popular History of Newbury (1905) Recorded plaque organisation: Newbury Society, Newbury Town Council.
Walter Money was a prominent local historian who significantly advanced the study of Newbury's history through his comprehensive publications on the town’s historical events and development.
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