Description

UPPER ALLITHWAITE B5277 SD 48 SW Lindale 11/115 Monument to John Wilkinson approx. 25.3.70 17m north of junction with Dixon Wood Close

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Monument. 1808. Cast iron painted black with some gilding. Square base, bolted to stone steps, has inscription: "LABORE ET HONORE" in raised gilded letters. Plain plinth has memorial inscription, the letters to 1st 2 words: "HERE LIES" removed. Obelisk has round plaque with gilded relief profile bust of Wilkinson above inscription, and top ball and lightning conductor. Plaques to rear (north) face record the monument's later history. The monument was erected on Wilkinson's grave in the garden of his house Castlehead. Removed when body re-interred in Lindale churchyard and re-erected in present position in 1863. Restored in 1984.

Listing NGR: SD4184280331

External Links

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Recommended Books

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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)