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| Ramsden Monument, Barrow-in-Furness | ||
| Ramsden Monument | ||
| Street:- | Duke Street | |
| civil parish:- | Barrow-in-Furness (formerly Lancashire) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | statue | |
| locality type:- | monument | |
| coordinates:- | SD19606938 | |
| 1Km square:- | SD1969 | |
| 10Km square:- | SD16 | |
| references:- | Listed Buildings 2010 |
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 BWM56.jpg (taken 22.5.2012) |
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "STATUE OF SIR JAMES RAMSDEN / / DUKE STREET / BARROW IN FURNESS / BARROW IN FURNESS / CUMBRIA / II / 388464 / SD1960069389" |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "Statue. 1872. Sculptor M Noble of London; stonework by MacDonald Field and Co of Aberdeen and London. Bronze on granite pedestal and limestone stylobate. Stepped base to square pedestal inscribed: 'IN HONOR/ OF/ SIR JAMES RAMSDEN/ FIRST MAYOR OF THIS BOROUGH/ ERECTED BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION/ 1872'. Bas-relief on left side depicts rural Barrow in 1846 whilst that on right shows industrial scene of 1871; dentilled cornice. The statue faces north along Abbey Road: Ramsden in mayoral robes and chain holds a chart of Barrow Port. Unveiled 1872 by the Duke of Devonshire. The statue cost "1,500 and the granite "500. Ramsden arrived with the railway in 1846, planned the new town and co-founded the Barrow Shipbuilding Co Ltd. Centrepiece of Ramsden Square." "(Barrow in Furness, Almanack and Tide Table: Barrow in Furness: 1886-: 64)." |
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 BWM57.jpg (taken 22.5.2012) |
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