"Blue plaque" on Great Sutton Street, EC1
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"Blue plaque" on Great Sutton Street, EC1
Image: © Christopher Hilton Taken: 18 Feb 2020
One of an increasing number of "blue plaques", modelled on those for famous individuals, that tell the story of ordinary citizens, this draws on the 1911 Census to record that in that year this site was occupied by Mary Ann Ruffell, waste paper buyer and wholesale paper dealer, together with her lodger Caroline Harper, a publisher's sorter. The "plaque" can be seen in context at Image
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Image Location
Latitude
51.522992
Longitude
-0.10206