Plaque on Bessie Surtees' House


http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1018305

Related Pages


John Scott, 1st Lord Eldon (1751-1838)


People in History


1772


1770s


Bessie Surtees' House


Heritage Sites


Elizabeth "Bessie" Surtees (1754-1831)

  • Description

    Plaque reads: "From the above window on Nov 18th 1772 Bessy Surtees descended and eloped with John Scott later created 1st Earl of Eldon and Lord Chancellor of England." Photo by Mike Quinn, 2008, and licensed for reuse under a Creative Commons Licence.

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    Geograph.org.uk

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    Geograph (Geograph)

  • License

    What does this mean? Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic (CC BY-SA 2.0)

  • Further information

    Link: http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1018305
    Resource type: Text/Website
    Added by: Simon Cotterill
    Last modified: 9 years, 1 month ago
    Viewed: 956 times
    Picture Taken: Unknown

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