Description

BILLINGE-WITH-WINSTANLEY CRANK ROAD
SD 50 SW
(west side)
8/33 Wellington
Monument approx.
107m. east of
23.8.66 Bispham Hall
G.V. II
Monument to Duke of Wellington and the victors of Waterloo.
1815. Stone. Square plinth and obelisk supporting ball
finial. Inscriptions in English and Latin to cornice and
base of plinth and to oval panels to sides, including lists
of victorious generals. That to front reads: "TO THE/MOST
NOBLE AND ILLUSTRIOUS/ARTHUR/DUKE OF WELLINGTON/AND THE
BRAVE HEROES OF BRITAIN AND THE CONTINENT/WHO UNDER HIS
AUSPICIOUS GENIUS AND COMMAND/SO GLORIOUSLY ACCOMPLISHED THE
DOWNFALL OF/TYRANNY AND THE RESTORATION OF LIBERTY TO
EUROPE/ON THE PLAIN OF WATERLOO/JUNE 18th AD 1815"

Listing NGR: SD5245602457

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26321157

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