John Freeth - St Martin's Walk, Birmingham, UK
N 52° 28.658 W 001° 53.631
30U E 575125 N 5814739
This Birmingham Civic Trust indicates that the poet, John Freeth, the "Birmingham poet of Bell Street" lived from 1731 - 1808. The plaque is attached to a building on the east side of St Martin's Walk in the Bullring area of Birmingham.
Waymark Code: WMXVGR
Location: West Midlands, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 03/02/2018
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The full wording on the Birmingham Civic Society plaque reads:
Birmingham Civic Society
John Freeth
The Birmingham Poet
of Bell Street
1731 - 1808
Wikipedia has an article about John Freeth that tells us:
John Freeth (1731 – 29 September 1808), also known as Poet Freeth and who published his work under the pseudonym John Free, was an English innkeeper, poet and songwriter. As the owner of Freeth's Coffee House between 1768 and his death in 1808, he was major figure in the political and cultural life of Birmingham during the Midlands Enlightenment.