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Rev John Newton

Photograph at the Rev John Newton green plaque

The Rev. John Newton 1725-1807 slave-trade abolitionist (once a slave-trader himself), lived at Marchfoot House in Aveley parish as a youth and began his sea career here at Long Reach. His hymn still touches hearts worldwide: 'Amazing Grace... that saved a wretch like me'.

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Source: Open Plaques. Geographic data via OpenStreetMap.

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