Memorial to John Hampden
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Memorial to John Hampden
Image: © David Ellis Taken: 4 Jan 2006
John Hampden was a local landowner who resisted an illegal claim by Charles I for ship money tax. He died in 1643, fighting in the Civil War that his action helped to cause.
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Image Location
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51.709224
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