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maypole, Nether Wasdale
locality:-   Nether Wasdale
civil parish:-   Nether Wasdale (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   maypole
coordinates:-   NY12460404
1Km square:-   NY1204
10Km square:-   NY10
references:-   Listed Buildings 2010


photograph
CDW51.jpg (taken 6.9.2015)  

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"MAYPOLE TO SOUTH WEST OF CHURCH / / / WASDALE / COPELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 76281 / NY1246104039"
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"Maypole, erected for Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee in 1897. Chamfered sandstone plinth surmounted by tapered cast-iron column c30 ft high. Moulded, splayed base with crown in low relief on column immediately above; column narrows above collar with 4 foliate lugs. Brass plaque on west side of plinth top inscribed: IN COMMEMORATION OF THE 60TH YEAR OF THE REIGN OF QUEEN VICTORIA 1837-1897."


photograph
CDW49.jpg  On a felted cushion in St Michael's Church.
(taken 6.9.2015)  

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