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Blue Plaques

Edgar Wright Director of Hot Fuzz (17)
Film director Edgar Wright a student of Wells Blue School (1985-92) was director of the movie Hot Fuzz that was filmed in Wells

W.G. Grace Visit (16)
English cricket legend W.G. Grace played on what is now the Wells Recreation Ground in 1867, and was out for a mere three runs.


The Swan Hotel (4)
King Henry VII, Winston Churchill and Queen Anne of Denmark have all stayed at the Swan hotel


The Crown: Bert Phillips Photographers (8)
Bert Phillips a 20th century mid-Somerset photographer worked here for almost 40 years

Barclay's Bank (6)
Here the notorious Judge Jeffreys tried 542 people in one day in 1685 for joining the Duke of Monmouth’s rebellion against King James II, an

The Rib and Elizabeth Goudge (2)
Elizabeth was a best-selling author in both the UK and the US from the 1930s into the 1970s.

The Wells Gallows (18)
During the 17th and 18th centuries here stood the place of public execution for hanging, drawing, quartering and burning at the stake.


City Arms (12)
The City Arms in the High Street commemorates its use as the city’s gaol from 1606.

Brine's Brush Factory (15)
7a Portway looks so different from neighbouring house as it is on the former entrance way to Brine’s brush factory


Wells Union Workhouse (19)
The site of the current Health Centre was established in 1838 as the Wells Union Workhouse.


The Mitre Hotel (5)
On this site was one of the city's most important posting inns, with stabling for 100 horses for the Royal Mail.
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