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George Crabbe (1754-1832)

George Crabbe

George Crabbe

In the 18th century, the Suffolk poet George Crabbe worked for a while in another doctor's surgery in a house almost opposite the Plumbers' Arms pub at the crossroads of the A143 - regrettably burnt down in the 1970s and replaced by a modern house. In 1783 Crabbe wrote The Village - a poem about the misery of rural poverty, probably drawing upon his experiences in Wickhambrook where he was unhappy (he had been born in more salubrious Aldeburgh on the Suffolk coast).

Last Modified Friday 08 June 2012