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| Midge Monument, New Hutton | ||
| Midge Monument | ||
| civil parish:- | New Hutton (formerly Westmorland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | monument | |
| coordinates:- | SD54689133 | |
| 1Km square:- | SD5491 | |
| 10Km square:- | SD59 | |
| references:- | Listed Buildings 2010 |
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 placename:- Midge Monument |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "MIDGE MONUMENT / / A684 / NEW HUTTON / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 76694 / SD5468091331" |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "Monument. 1766 date on inscribed panel from monument now re-set on wall of garage adjoining east return of Holme Park school (listed separately). Coursed rubble c.15 ft high overall and square in plan with sides c.4 ft wide. Pyramidal cap (apex broken) c.3 ft wide with rectangular aperture on each face. Inscription on re-set slab reads: Hic jacet MIDGE/Equa minima Equa maxima,/Quoe super hoc Ericeto/semper in Curfu fuit./Victrix Ob. 17 Dec 1766/AEtat 30 Nil ortum tale." |
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| hearsay:- |
The monument commemorates Midge, a mare who is said to have won every race in which
she was entered. |
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