Priscilla Wakefield - High Road, Tottenham Hale, London, UK
N 51° 35.258 W 000° 04.220
30U E 702945 N 5719242
This plaque is on the west facing wall of the High Cross United Reformed Church on the east side of the High Road in Tottenham Hale.
Waymark Code: WMJ0GK
Location: London, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 09/05/2013
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The plaque is cast metal that has been painted green with white lettering.
Sadly, the paintwork is in poor condition and is hard to read but it says:
Historic Buildings of the
Priscilla
Wakefield
1751 - 1832
Quaker author and
founder of the Penny
Savings Bank lived
near here
London Borough of Haringey
The
Haringey Council website tells us:
Priscilla Wakefield (born Priscilla Bell) (1751-1832)
Quaker author who wrote a number of travel and science books for children
and was actively involved in the abolition of slavery and prison reform. She
was a founder of the Lying-in Charity for Women and the Penny Savings Bank.
She lived in Ship Inn Yard near High Cross United Reform Church, 310 High
Road, Tottenham, N15. (Plaque unveiled on 2nd May 2008)