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Latitude: 54.1839 / 54°11'2"N
Longitude: -3.0872 / 3°5'13"W
OS Eastings: 329148
OS Northings: 477007
OS Grid: SD291770
Mapcode National: GBR 6NW1.FY
Mapcode Global: WH72C.K34C
Plus Code: 9C6R5WM7+H4
Entry Name: Wilsons Monument, Ulverston Cemetery
Listing Date: 19 April 1996
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1270178
English Heritage Legacy ID: 460005
ID on this website: 101270178
Location: Croftlands, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, LA12
County: Cumbria
District: South Lakeland
Civil Parish: Ulverston
Built-Up Area: Ulverston
Traditional County: Lancashire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Cumbria
Church of England Parish: Ulverston St Mary with Holy Trinity
Church of England Diocese: Carlisle
Tagged with: Monument
ULVERSTON
SD27NE PRIORY ROAD
626-1/1/104 (West side)
Wilson's Monument, Ulverston
Cemetery
II
Monument. c1900. Stonemasons said to be Affleck's of
Ulverston. Marble. Built as a scale replica of a lighthouse,
with carved rocks and waves around the base, and with the
tapered shaft incised to represent ashlar blocks, a doorway,
and window openings. A glass lantern (originally enclosing a
gas jet) is surrounded by 4 shafts which carry a drum and
openwork cap with ball-and-spike finial. The base is carved
with an anchor and chain, and has inscriptions (some in verse)
which include: 'Thomas Watkins Wilson MD', who 'Fell asleep at
20 minutes to 7 on Friday evening January 15th 1897...', and
'Every year for 15 years we were wont to spend some months at
Conishead Priory'.
Listing NGR: SD2914877007
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