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William Thompson (Bendigo) 1811-1880. All-England champion bare-knuckle prize-fighter reformed drunkard turned evangelist retired to a cottage on this site.
William Thompson, known as "Bendigo," was a renowned 19th-century English bare-knuckle boxer who retired to a cottage on this site after converting to Methodism and becoming an evangelist. His connection to the location marks it as a place of personal transformation and historical significance in the context of 19th-century British sports and religious revival.
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