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| Forster Monument, Nicholforest | ||
| locality:- | Green Rigg | |
| civil parish:- | Nicholforest (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | monument | |
| coordinates:- | NY48937866 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY4878 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY47 | |
| references:- | Listed Buildings 2010 |
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "MONUMENT SOUTH OF GREEN RIG / / / NICHOLFOREST / CARLISLE / CUMBRIA / II / 78160 / NY4893778662" |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "Monument. Inscribed THIS MONUMENT ERECTED BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION IN MEMORY OF WILLIAM FORSTER, BROWN KNOWE, WHO WAS SHOT ON THIS SPOT THE 26TH SEPTEMBER 1891, AGED 38 (or 68) YEARS, followed by religious text; inscribed on plinth G. Hope, Smithfield. Calciferous sandstone stepped plinth, polished Dalbeattie granite shaft, tall tapering calciferous sandstone column. Surrounded by low wall with cast iron speared railings. Gamekeeper who was shot by a poacher. Lies on the boundary between Nicholforest and Bewcastle CP's." |
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| hearsay:- |
William Forster was a farmer at Brown Knowe. He was shot and killled by James Armstrong,
a poacher, at the age of 38. |
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