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A sales leaflet printed in 1854 Marshall Brown was an important person in Wymeswold, being grocer, postmaster, photographer, and census enumerator. His shop was on Church Street. Reproduced by kind permission of Miss Joy Brown, great-grand-daughter of Marshall Brown. Joy Brown's grandfather, Philip Brown, told her that these verses were accepted by Marshall Brown in payment for a grocery debt. Originally published in the WHO Newsletter 1997. Copyright Joy Brown. Next article Wymeswold local history articles