What is recorded here
This blue commemorative plaque records: William Crabtree 1610-1644 The Salford Astronomer. In this area stood the house of William Crabtree from where he observed the Transit of Venus on Sunday 24 Nov. 1639
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- Stephen Richards, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- N Chadwick, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Peter McDermott, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Carroll Pierce, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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