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| Charles II Monument, Crosby Ravensworth | ||
| Charles II Monument | ||
| site name:- | Crosby Ravensworth Fell | |
| locality:- | Black Dub (2) | |
| civil parish:- | Crosby Ravensworth (formerly Westmorland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | monument | |
| coordinates:- | NY60391083 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY6010 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY61 | |
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 CGL94.jpg (taken 2.9.2017)  CGL95.jpg "HERE AT BLACK DUB / THE SOURCE OF THE LYVENNET / KING CHARLES THE II / REGALED HIS ARMY / AND DRUNK OF THE WATER / ON HIS MARCH FROM SCOTLAND / AUGUST 8 1651" (taken 2.9.2017) |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 21 8) placename:- |
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| source data:- | Maps, County Series maps of Great Britain, scales 6 and 25
inches to 1 mile, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton,
Hampshire, from about 1863 to 1948. "Monument / Here at Black Dub the Source of the Lyvennett Charles II Regaled his Army on his march from Scotland August 8th. 1651" |
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| evidence:- | old text:- Gents Mag |
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| source data:- | Magazine, The Gentleman's Magazine or Monthly Intelligencer or
Historical Chronicle, published by Edward Cave under the
pseudonym Sylvanus Urban, and by other publishers, London,
monthly from 1731 to 1922. goto sourceGentleman's Magazine 1825 part 1 p.414 From the Compendium of County History:- "1651. ... The war was then hot in Scotland, and many places in this county were full of soldiers. King Charles II. came to Crosby-gill, where he halted and dined. He partook of the waters of Black-dub." |
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "CHARLES II MONUMENT AT SOURCE OF THE RIVER LYVENNET (AT NGR 604 108) / / / CROSBY RAVENSWORTH / EDEN / CUMBRIA / II / 74025 / NY6038310865" |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "Monument erected c1851 by Thomas Bland of Reagill to commemorate the occasion in 1651 when Charles II drank from the source of the river Lyvennet on his way south from Scotland. Renewed 1861 at the expense of Mr Gibson. Rough-dressed stone blocks. Square in plan. 2 steps surmounted by base, with decorative bas-reliefs and inscription on cubic block, on which a squat obelisk stands. Inscription reads: "HERE, AT BLACK DUB/THE SOURCE OF THE LYVENNET/CHARLES II/ REGALED HIS ARMY ON THEIR MARCH/FROM SCOTLAND/AUGUST 8TH, A.D. 1651". The three bas-reliefs show: A profile bust of Charles II; a crown (which Charles wished to possess); a lion (which thwarted his hopes at the battle of Worcester)." |
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 CGL97.jpg Crown. (taken 2.9.2017)  CGL98.jpg Charles II. (taken 2.9.2017)  CGL99.jpg Lion. (taken 2.9.2017)  CGL96.jpg (taken 2.9.2017) |
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| hearsay:- |
Stone pillar inscribed:- |
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| "[Here at Black Dub / The Source of the Lyvennet / King Charles the II / Regaled his
Army / And Drank of the Water / On his march from Scotland. / August 8, 1651]" |
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| At 12 years old Charles son of Charles I was at the Battle of Edeghill, and was nominally
in command of the royalist forces in the Civil War by 1645. In 1646 he fled to France.
When Charles I was executed, 1649, his son returned to Scotland and was proclaimed
king Charles II, and declared his acceptance of the Covenant in 1650. In 1651 he invaded
England but was defeated, and injured, at Worcester, and hid in an oak tree at Boscobel,
Shropshire while escaping. He fled to France again, but was restored to the throne
of England in 1660. He died a catholic. |
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