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| Wilson Monument, Ulverston | ||
| Wilson Monument | ||
| locality:- | Ulverston Cemetery | |
| locality:- | Ulverston | |
| civil parish:- | Ulverston (formerly Lancashire) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | monument | |
| coordinates:- | SD29147700 | |
| 1Km square:- | SD2977 | |
| 10Km square:- | SD27 | |
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| MN photo:- |
Scale model of a lighthouse. Monument to Thomas Watkins Wilson, born and died in Edinburg,
buried there at St Cuthbert;'s Church, 1812. |
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 BWN03.jpg (taken 22.5.2012)  BWN05.jpg Inter alia:- "EVERY YEAR FOR 15 YEARS WE WERE WONT / TO SPEND SOME MONTHS AT CONISHEAD PRIORY; / IN REMEMBRANCE WHEREOF AND IN TOKEN OF / REVERENCE AND LOVE THIS MONUMENT IS HERE / ERECTED BY HIS CHILD, MARY" (taken 22.5.2012) |
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 item:- lighthouse; Wilsons Monument |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "WILSONS MONUMENT, ULVERSTON CEMETERY / / PRIORY ROAD / ULVERSTON / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 460005 / SD2914877007" |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "Monument. c1900. Stonemasons said to be Affleck's of Ulverston. Marble. Built as a scale replica of a lighthouse, with carved rocks and waves around the base, and with the tapered shaft incised to represent ashlar blocks, a doorway, and window openings. A glass lantern (originally enclosing a gas jet) is surrounded by 4 shafts which carry a drum and openwork cap with ball-and-spike finial. The base is carved with an anchor and chain, and has inscriptions (some in verse) which include: 'Thomas Watkins Wilson MD', who 'Fell asleep at 20 minutes to 7 on Friday evening January 15th 1897...', and 'Every year for 15 years we were wont to spend some months at Conishead Priory'." |
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 BWN04.jpg (taken 22.5.2012) |
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