Description

CASTLE BYTHAM MORKERY LANE
SK 91 NE

8/66 Horse Monument in
Morkery Woods,
Grid Ref.955185

II

Monument to a horse called The Butcher, belonging to Field
Marshall Grosvenor c.1850. Ashlar. In the form of a low obelisk
standing on a rectangular tomb chest on the front panel of which
is a low relief carving of a horse with a docked tail and a tree.
On the rear panel is a poem, 8 lines, recording the circumstances
of old Butcher lying in Morkery Wood, now somewhat worn. A
portrait of "Big Black Butcher" by John Fernley, hangs in
Grimsthorpe Castle. Source: P. Grimes, Secretary and General
Manager, Grimsthorpe and Drummond Castle Trust Ltd.

Listing NGR: SK9553418569

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26459329

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