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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

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)  
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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)  

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
item:-  lighthouseWilsons Monument
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"WILSONS MONUMENT, ULVERSTON CEMETERY / / PRIORY ROAD / ULVERSTON / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 460005 / SD2914877007"
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'."


photograph
BWN04.jpg (taken 22.5.2012)  

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