What is recorded here
This blue commemorative plaque records: William Cowper’s School c. 1700 Recorded plaque organisation: Berkhamsted Town Council.
William Cowper was an influential 18th-century poet and writer known for his poignant lyric poetry and translations, significantly contributing to the development of English literature; he attended this school around 1700.
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