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Latitude: 53.4549 / 53°27'17"N
Longitude: -2.596 / 2°35'45"W
OS Eastings: 360517
OS Northings: 395509
OS Grid: SJ605955
Mapcode National: GBR BX9H.R8
Mapcode Global: WH98C.3F29
Plus Code: 9C5VFC33+WH
Entry Name: Huskisson Memorial on South Side of Railway, 60 Metres from Road
Listing Date: 3 February 1966
Last Amended: 23 August 1985
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1075900
English Heritage Legacy ID: 216335
ID on this website: 101075900
Location: Town of Lowton, St. Helens, Merseyside, WA2
County: St. Helens
Electoral Ward/Division: Newton
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Traditional County: Lancashire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Merseyside
Church of England Parish: Newton-in-Makerfield St Peter
Church of England Diocese: Liverpool
Tagged with: Monument
This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 23/11/2011
SJ 69 NW
6/45
3.2.66
NEWTON-LE-WILLOWS
PARKSIDE ROAD
(east side)
Huskisson Memorial on south
side of railway, 60m from road
(Formerly listed as Huskisson Memorial (in railway cutting at Parkside)
II
Memorial. 1831. Painted stone. The memorial is in the form of a simplified Classical temple, being single celled without a portico. The flanking anta have dentilated panels, and support a plain frieze, dentilated cornice and a blocking course. Within the cell is an inscribed tablet that is flanked by pilasters supporting an entablature adorned with wreaths. The tablet, (a reproduction of the original which is kept at the National Railway Museum in York) is a memorial to William Huskisson, MP for Liverpool. Huskisson is reputed to have been the world's first fatality of the Railway Age, being knocked down and fatally injured by the Rocket during the opening celebrations of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway in 1830.
Listing NGR: SJ6051795509
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