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| Bever Memorial, Coniston | ||
| Bever Memorial | ||
| locality:- | High Hollin Bank | |
| civil parish:- | Coniston (formerly Lancashire) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | memorial | |
| locality type:- | horse trough | |
| locality type:- | drinking fountain | |
| locality type:- | seat | |
| coordinates:- | SD32689839 | |
| 1Km square:- | SD3298 | |
| 10Km square:- | SD39 | |
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 BJV39.jpg The memorial is a horse trough, seat for the traveller, and in the middle a spout from which he may drink. "... IN MEMORIAM ERECTED BY SUSANNA BEVER 1886 ..." (taken 16.9.2005)  BJV40.jpg Cast iron patent spout:- "KEEP THE PAVEMENT DRY / T KENNEDY PATENTEE / KILMARNOCK" (taken 16.9.2005) |
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| evidence:- | drawing:- Butler 1982-92 |
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| source data:- | Bever Memorial, High Hollin Bank, Coniston drawn by David Butler courtesy of David Butler  click to enlargePR1463.jpg "[A righteous man / regardeth the life / of his beasts]" Proverbs 12 10 "[In / Memoriam / erected by / Susanna Bever 1885]" "[He sendeth the / springs into the / valleys which run / among the hills]" Psalm 104 10 item:- private collection : 377 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "DRINKING FOUNTAIN / / B 5285 / CONISTON / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 76803 / SD3269498394" |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "Drinking Fountain. 1885. Slate. Wall with rock-faced coping; 3 square piers with rock faced bands and caps. Flanking rounded stones. To central pier a cast iron Drinking Fountain with bowl and dog bowl below; above, a lead-letter inscription reading: "IN/MEMORIAM/ERECTED BY/SUSANNA BEEVER/1885". To left, a horse trough, inscription above: "A RIGHTEOUS MAN/REGARDETH THE LIFE/OF HIS BEAST". To right, a seat, inscription above: "HE SENDETH THE/SPRINGS INTO THE/ RIVERS WHICH RUN/AMONG THE HILLS"." |
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