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

• Wikidata Q26321157

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