Memorials & Monuments
on the Isle of Wight
- Calbourne -
- W H Long -

Location

At Grant's Cottage, Calbourne.
 
Description and history

A plaque on the wall of the cottage where W H Long was born.
Memorial

Calbourne : W H Long Memorial
 
Inscription


MR. WILLIAM H. LONG,
AUTHOR OF THE I.W. DIALECT
DICTIONARY AND OTHER WORKS :
EDITOR OF THE OGLANDER MEMOIRS,
WAS BORN IN THIS HOUSE
OCTOBER 6TH 1839


Further information

William H Long published A Dictionary of Isle of Wight Dialect in 1886.
A PDF copy of the Dictionary can be found at Isle of Wight Dialect


 


Calbourne : Grants Cottage - W H Long Memorial


 
 

 
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