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Latitude: 53.5336 / 53°32'0"N
Longitude: -1.3689 / 1°22'8"W
OS Eastings: 441927
OS Northings: 404285
OS Grid: SE419042
Mapcode National: GBR LWWL.F1
Mapcode Global: WHDCY.YF9Y
Plus Code: 9C5WGJMJ+CC
Entry Name: Monument to Victims of Lundhill Colliery Explosion, Situated Approximately 55 Metres to South East of Church of All Saints
Listing Date: 18 April 1985
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1293398
English Heritage Legacy ID: 333645
ID on this website: 101293398
Location: All Saints' Church, Darfield, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, S73
County: Barnsley
Electoral Ward/Division: Darfield
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Wombwell
Traditional County: Yorkshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): South Yorkshire
Church of England Parish: Darfield All Saints
Church of England Diocese: Sheffield
Tagged with: Monument
SE40SW DARFIELD CHURCH STREET,
(east end)
6/17 Monument to
victims of
Lundhill Colliery
explosion, situated
approximately
55 metres to
south-east of
Church of All Saints.
GV II
Monument. c1857. By W. Oxley of Barnsley. Fine sandstone ashlar.
Stepped base and moulded plinth to square, corniced column surmounted
by tall obelisk. Raised panels on column have biblical inscriptions
and on the south side the words:
'ERECTED / TO COMMEMORATE THE / LUNDHILL EXPLOSION / OF FEBRUARY 19th
1857, / IN WHICH / ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY NINE / MEN AND BOYS LOST
THEIR LIVES / OF WHOSE BODIES / ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY SIX / ARE BURIED /
NEAR THIS PLACE'.
Listing NGR: SE4192704285
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