Description

SD 5192 SE KENDAL KIRKLAND
(Off East side)

11/72 Cropper Memorial in
north-east corner of
Abbot Hall Recreation
Ground
G.V.
II

Memorial to James Cropper c1900. Monolithic, dressed slate slab, c10 ft high
with jagged top; set upright in 2nd dressed slate slab, with jagged ends, laid
flat. Front face has inset circular copper panel with bas-relief profile
portrait; concentric inscription (carved in slate): JAMES CROPPER MDCCCXXIII -
MDCCCC. Main inscription below: Last Member of Parliament for the Ancient
Borough of Kendal. First Chairman of the Westmorland County Council ...
Bas-relief carving on rear face shows single oak-tree shoot rising vertically
from root and interrupted by 5 inscribed panels: FAITH; HOPE; ZEAL; JOY; LOVE.

Listing NGR: SD5167892325

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26438813

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Recommended Books

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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)