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| Cavendish Monument, Barrow-in-Furness | ||
| Street:- | Hindpool Road | |
| civil parish:- | Barrow-in-Furness (formerly Lancashire) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | statue | |
| locality type:- | monument | |
| coordinates:- | SD19296942 | |
| 1Km square:- | SD1969 | |
| 10Km square:- | SD16 | |
| references:- | Listed Buildings 2010 |
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "STATUE OF LORD FREDERICK CAVENDISH AT JUNCTION WITH NORTH ROAD / / HINDPOOL ROAD / BARROW IN FURNESS / BARROW IN FURNESS / CUMBRIA / II / 388479 / SD1929769420" |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "Statue on plinth. Unveiled 30.6.1885. Sculptor: Albert Bruce Joy. Granite pedestal to bronze statue. 3-step plinth to square pedestal with Shakespearian inscription on the die. Figure of Lord Cavendish wearing an Inverness cape, his right foot forward and his left hand on his hip. Lord Cavendish, 2nd son of the 7th Duke of Devonshire, was Irish Secretary when assassinated at Phoenix Park, Dublin in 1882. The statue unveiled by his brother Lord Spencer. Originally situated opposite the Town Hall (qv). (The Barrow in Furness Almanack and Tide Tables: Barrow in Furness: 1886-: 64; Trescatheric B: Barrow in Furness in Old Picture Postcards: Netherlands: PL 1)." |
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