Flora Thompson Memorial Plaque - St Mary - Cottisford, Oxfordshire
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N 51° 58.499 W 001° 08.787
30U E 627312 N 5759877
A plaque in Memory of the Author of 'Lark Rise to Candleford', Flora Thompson. The village of "Fordlow" is supposedly modelled on Cottisford.
Waymark Code: WMWGKM
Location: South East England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 09/03/2017
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The author Flora Thompson (1876–1947) grew up in Juniper Hill and was a pupil at Cottisford School. She wrote the Lark Rise to Candleford trilogy of novels, in which she modelled the village of "Fordlow" on Cottisford.
The plaque reads:
In Memoriam
FLORA THOMPSON
1876 - 1947
Born Flora Jane Timms
at Juniper Hill
she worshipped here as a child
before moving to Fringford
Author of
"Lark Rise To Candleford"
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