Description

SE 3457 KNARESBOROUGH THE PARSONAGE
(north side)

6/192 Lamp post approximately 4
metres to east of Church
of Saint John the Baptist

GV II

Lamp post. Early C19. Cast iron. Square base with lion masks. Lower half
of shaft reeded, the upper half octagonal. Fern-leaf decoration to middle
and top of shaft. 4 curved brackets to support oil-lamp (missing), and a
projecting arm with moulded finial, probably a ladder support. Similar lamp
posts have been noted in Kirkgate (q,v.) and Gallows Steps, Kirkgate (q.v.).
They are the remains of the first system of gas works, mains and lights
installed by John Malam. The lights were turned on on 13th September 1824.
B Jennings (Ed), History of Harrogate and Knaresborough, 1970, p 342.

Listing NGR: SE3474157186

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26601979

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