William Somner white plaque

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This white commemorative plaque records: William Somner, 1606-1669. Born here, Antiquary: compiler of first anglo-saxon dictionary

From the Open Plaques record 30184

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• N Chadwick, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• John Baker, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• pam fray, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• Rob Farrow, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• Paul Harrop, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• Peter Jeffery, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0

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