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Latitude: 54.9605 / 54°57'37"N
Longitude: -1.6073 / 1°36'26"W
OS Eastings: 425244
OS Northings: 562946
OS Grid: NZ252629
Mapcode National: GBR SQ5.NN
Mapcode Global: WHC3R.8LW1
Plus Code: 9C6WX96V+63
Entry Name: Monument to George Hawks
Listing Date: 13 January 1983
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1277866
English Heritage Legacy ID: 430182
ID on this website: 101277866
Location: Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, NE8
County: Gateshead
Electoral Ward/Division: Bridges
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Gateshead
Traditional County: Durham
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Tyne and Wear
Church of England Parish: Gateshead Team Ministry
Church of England Diocese: Durham
Tagged with: Monument
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BENSHAM ROAD
(north side)
Monument to George Hawks
II
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Dated 1865. Stone. Standing figure in mayoral robes and chain, holding a scroll
and standing on stepped base upon an inscribed shaft with deep cornice resting on
square plinth with chamfered corners. Inscriptions:
FIRST MAYOR 1801-1863. ERECTED BY HIS FRIENDS AND BY THE WORKMEN OF
GATESHEAD IRON WORKS, OF WHICH HE WAS THE SENIOR PARTNER.
Historical note. Hawks's Iron Works cast the iron, 5,050 tons of it, for
Stephenson's High Level Bridge.
Listing NGR: NZ2524462946
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