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Latitude: 50.3861 / 50°23'9"N
Longitude: -3.5178 / 3°31'4"W
OS Eastings: 292190
OS Northings: 55119
OS Grid: SX921551
Mapcode National: GBR QX.81SZ
Mapcode Global: FRA 38J0.TKB
Plus Code: 9C2R9FPJ+CV
Entry Name: Shipwreck Monument Approximately 40 Metres East of Church of St Mary the Virgin
Listing Date: 18 October 1993
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1298268
English Heritage Legacy ID: 383612
ID on this website: 101298268
Location: St Mary's Church, Higher Brixham, Torbay, Devon, TQ5
County: Torbay
Civil Parish: Brixham
Built-Up Area: Brixham
Traditional County: Devon
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Devon
Church of England Parish: Brixham St Mary
Church of England Diocese: Exeter
Tagged with: Monument
BRIXHAM
SX9255 DREW STREET, Higher Brixham
1946-1/7/109 (South East side)
Shipwreck monument approx. 40m east
of Church of St Mary the Virgin
GV II
Monument to sailors who died in the great Torbay shipwreck of
11 January 1866. c1866. By Wood of Bristol (inscription).
Dressed stone, probably limestone, with some detail in white
marble. Square pedestal with moulded base carrying a block
carved on south side with a shipwreck scene. Above this is a
cross standing on a pile of rocks and having an anchor leaning
against it. On the west face of the pedestal is the
inscription: OF A FLEET OF 64 BRITISH AND FOREIGN MERCHANT
VESSELS ANCHORED IN TORBAY ON THE NIGHT OF JAN 10TH 1866 IN
APPARENT SAFETY UPWARDS OF 40 WERE ON THE 11TH DRIVEN FROM
THEIR ANCHORS AND WRECKED OR STRANDED MOST OF THEM TOTALLY
LOST AND MORE THAN 100 LIVES ARE SUPPOSED TO HAVE PERISHED. On
the south side of the plinth is another inscription recording
that the monument was paid for by the Brixham Shipwrecked
Sailors Relief Committee out of the residue of ยป3,211/9/5
raised by public subscription for the widows and orphans.
Enclosing the monument is an iron fence hanging from low
square stone posts aligned with the 4 corners.
Listing NGR: SX9219055119
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