
What is recorded here
This blue commemorative plaque records: Judge Sir William Blackstone 1723-1780 presided here as Recorder of Wallingford 1749-1770 Author of Commentaries on The Laws of England Recorded plaque organisation: Oxfordshire Blue Plaques Board, Wallingford Town Council.
William Blackstone was a prominent English jurist and professor who authored the influential "Commentaries on the Laws of England," which played a crucial role in shaping legal education and jurisprudence, particularly in the English-speaking world.
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