A Tribute to

Francis Thompson

1859 - 1907

This plaque above Kenworthy's Jewellers, 226 Stamford Street, Ashton commemorates local poet Francis Thompson. He was known as 'the poet of Catholicism' and lived at this address with his family from 1864 to 1885. His best remembered work, 'The Hound of Heaven'. was published in 1893.

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