Novelist George Eliot was baptised (as Mary Ann Evans) at Chilvers Coton Church, Nuneaton.
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Novelist George Eliot moved to Griff House shortly after she was born in nearby South Farm in 1819.
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In Newdigate Square, Nuneaton is a statue of novelist George Eliot made by John Letts in 1986, on a commission by the George Eliot Fellowship.
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Novelist George Eliot was born in South Farm in 1819 and lived here for four months before the family moved to nearby Griff House.
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At the garden’s centre is an obelisk commemorating novelist George Eliot. It was originally in Ardbury Park and was moved when the garden was created in 1952.
The George Eliot Fellowship holds a wreath-laying ceremony on the site every June to celebrate the author.
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Nuneaton Library is important for its relation to the novelist George Eliot (real name Mary Anne Evans). Eliot was born in Nuneaton, Warwickshire where the library is located.
Many items, including photos, over 60 facsimiles of letters from her friends and family and first editions of her work can be found in the library. These include:
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