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war memorial, Penrith (2)
site name:-   Castle Park
locality:-   Penrith
civil parish:-   Penrith (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   war memorial
coordinates:-   NY51282977
1Km square:-   NY5129
10Km square:-   NY52


photograph
CDD68.jpg (taken 29.5.2015)  
photograph
CDD69.jpg (taken 29.5.2015)  

evidence:-   old text:- Harper 1907
source data:-   Guidebook, The Manchester and Glasgow Road, by Charles G Harper, published by Chapman and Hall Ltd, London, 1907.
HP01p136.txt
Page 136:-  "... a wayside memorial ... in the shape of a beautiful bronze statue, personifying Victory conferring honour upon the fallen, stands by Middlegate, as you leave for the north. ..."


photograph
CDD70.jpg  Shap granite?
(taken 29.5.2015)  

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