Elizabeth Bentley
(1767-1839)

woman and author of Tales for Children in Verse

Died aged c. 72

Elizabeth Bentley (1767–1839) was an English poet, one of a small wave of British and Irish writers from the labouring classes in the eighteenth century. She was a local poet who was nonetheless engaged with larger political and social issues.

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Norwich, United Kingdom

Elizabeth Bentley 1767-1839, Authoress of "Tales for Children in Verse" lived in this house.

45 St Stephen's Square, Norwich, United Kingdom where they lived