Description

TA 20 SW BARNOLDBY LE BECK CHAPEL LANE
(east side)

6/7 Huntsman's Obelisk and
railed enclosure
approximately 30 metres
north-east of Church of
Saint Helen

GV II

Monument in railed enclosure, erected 1861 to William Smith. Granite
obelisk with chamfered marble pedestal bearing two inscribed plaques;
chamfered granite plinth and base. Stands in square enclosure with
flagstone floor and cast iron railings with ornate corner posts, plain bars,
mid- and top-rails, the latter much damaged. Enclosure approximately 4
metres square, obelisk stands approximately 4 metres high. One plaque
records that the monument was erected to mark the spot where Smith, Huntsman
to the Earl of Yarborough, fell from his horse on 11th April 1845,
eventually dying on April 16th at the house of Richard Nainby who provided
the site for the memorial in 1861. The second plaque contains an impressive
22-line ode to Smith by CHJA. M J Critchlow, The Barnoldby Booklet, 1985,
p 32.

Listing NGR: TA2358303344

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26630437

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