William Smith (1769-1839) stayed with Edward Webb (surveyor) in this house from 1787 to 1791. Smith's pioneering geological map of Britain in 1815 earned him the Title "Father on English Geology"

by Stow and District Civic Society

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William Smith
(1769-1839) father of English geology

Edward Webb
surveyor