The statue of Isaac Watts atop a tall column in Southampton, Hampshire. Watts was a preacher and hymn writer, known as the 'father of English Hymnody'

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The statue of Isaac Watts atop a tall column in Southampton, Hampshire. Watts was a preacher and hymn writer, known as the 'father of English Hymnody'. the non-conformist, born in Southampton, wrote such hymns as 'O God our help in ages past' and 'When I survey the wondrous cross'. Statue erected in Watts Park, a public open space, in 1861

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