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Hugh Mason Memorial Statue

A Grade II Listed Building in Ashton-under-Lyne, Tameside

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Latitude: 53.4798 / 53°28'47"N

Longitude: -2.1083 / 2°6'29"W

OS Eastings: 392911

OS Northings: 398123

OS Grid: SJ929981

Mapcode National: GBR FXQ6.C9

Mapcode Global: WHB9J.LS8P

Plus Code: 9C5VFVHR+WM

Entry Name: Hugh Mason Memorial Statue

Listing Date: 14 July 1987

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1356457

English Heritage Legacy ID: 212658

ID on this website: 101356457

Location: Guide Bridge, Tameside, Greater Manchester, OL7

County: Tameside

Electoral Ward/Division: St Peter's

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Built-Up Area: Ashton-under-Lyne

Traditional County: Lancashire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Greater Manchester

Church of England Parish: Ashton-under-Lyne The Good Shepherd

Church of England Diocese: Manchester

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SJ 99 NW
4/10

ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE
TRAFALGAR SQUARE
Hugh Mason memorial statue

(Formerly listed under HENRY SQUARE)


GV
II
Statue. 1887. Sculptor J.W. Swynnerton. Bronze statue on polished granite pedestal. Life-size statue of Hugh Mason on pedestal inscribed "Hugh Mason, born 1817 died 1886". The monument originally stood in Chester Square. Hugh Mason was a much loved and revered local industrialist and philosopher. He established Oxford Mills and built the adjacent workers' housing.

The statue was moved to its current location during the mid 1990s.

Listing NGR: SJ9291198123

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