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| Cropper Memorial, Kendal | ||
| locality:- | Abbot Hall Recreation Ground | |
| civil parish:- | Kendal (formerly Westmorland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | memorial | |
| coordinates:- | SD51679232 | |
| 1Km square:- | SD5192 | |
| 10Km square:- | SD59 | |
| references:- | Listed Buildings 2010 |
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "CROPPER MEMORIAL IN NORTH-EAST CORNER OF ABBOT HALL RECREATION GROUND / / KIRKLAND / KENDAL / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 75413 / SD5167892325" |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "Memorial to James Cropper c1900. Monolithic, dressed slate slab, c10 ft high with jagged top; set upright in 2nd dressed slate slab, with jagged ends, laid flat. Front face has inset circular copper panel with bas-relief profile portrait; concentric inscription (carved in slate): JAMES CROPPER MDCCCXXIII - MDCCCC. Main inscription below: Last Member of Parliament for the Ancient Borough of Kendal. First Chairman of the Westmorland County Council ... Bas-relief carving on rear face shows single oak-tree shoot rising vertically from root and interrupted by 5 inscribed panels: FAITH; HOPE; ZEAL; JOY; LOVE." |
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