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| Ruskin Memorial, Keswick | ||
| Ruskin Memorial | ||
| site name:- | Friar's Crag | |
| civil parish:- | Keswick (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | memorial | |
| coordinates:- | NY26392227 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY2622 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY22 | |
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 BPP97.jpg (taken 24.8.2008)  BPP98.jpg "JOHN RUSKIN / MDCCXIX+MDCCCC / THE FIRST THING / WHICH I REMEMBER / AS AN EVENT IN LIFE / WAS BEING TAKEN BY / MY NURSE TO THE BROW / OF FRIAR'S CRAG ON / DERWENT WATER." (taken 24.8.2008) |
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 placename:- Ruskin Monument |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "RUSKIN MONUMENT / / FRIARS CRAG / KESWICK / ALLERDALE / CUMBRIA / II / 71774 / NY2637322277" |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "Circa 1900. Vertical slab of local slate, inscribed on 2 faces, and with bust in relief in a roundel on side facing the lake. Art nouveau lettering, with quotations from his works. Ruskin died 1900." |
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 BPP99.jpg "THE SPIRIT OF GOD / IS AROUND YOU IN THE / AIR THAT YOU BREATH / HIS GLORY IN THE / LIGHT THAT YOU SEE / AND IN THE FRUITFUL / NESS OF THE EARTH AND / THE JOY OF ITS CREATURES / HE HAS WRITTEN FOR YOU / DAY BY DAY HIS REVELATION / AS HE HAS GRANTED YOU / DAY BY DAY HIS DAILY / BREAD" (taken 24.8.2008) |
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