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Latitude: 54.9676 / 54°58'3"N
Longitude: -1.8687 / 1°52'7"W
OS Eastings: 408502
OS Northings: 563676
OS Grid: NZ085636
Mapcode National: GBR HCD0.71
Mapcode Global: WHC3M.8DDL
Plus Code: 9C6WX49J+3G
Entry Name: Memorial to Isaac Jackson C30 Yards South of Church of St Mary
Listing Date: 7 March 1985
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1370470
English Heritage Legacy ID: 239472
Location: Ovingham, Northumberland, NE42
County: Northumberland
Civil Parish: Ovingham
Built-Up Area: Ovingham
Traditional County: Northumberland
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Northumberland
Church of England Parish: Ovingham
Church of England Diocese: Newcastle
Tagged with: Memorial
NZ 0863 - 0963 OVINGHAM WEST ROAD
22/117 Memorial to Isaac Jackson
c30 yards south of
Church of St. Mary
GV II
Churchyard memorial. 1862. Ashlar. Obelisk on plinth. Inscribed:
In memory of Isaac Jackson
of Wylam
A man of singular integrity and simplicity of character
and of great mechanical ingenuity
Lead plate on right return says:
Isaac Jackson, original inventor of the double
3-legged gravity escapement made for a clock for
Rbt. Stephenson in 1857.
Included mainly for historical interest.
Listing NGR: NZ0850263676
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