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Dr John Burton

Placeholder for Dr John Burton bronze plaque

The Red House Built on the site of the Gatehouse of St. Leonard's Hospital by Sir W. Robinson circa 1718. Here lived Dr. John Burton, the prototype of Dr. Slop in "Tristram Shandy".

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Source: Open Plaques. Geographic data via OpenStreetMap.

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