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Midge Monument, New Hutton
Midge Monument
civil parish:-   New Hutton (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   monument
coordinates:-   SD54689133
1Km square:-   SD5491
10Km square:-   SD59
references:-   Listed Buildings 2010

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
placename:-  Midge Monument
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"MIDGE MONUMENT / / A684 / NEW HUTTON / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 76694 / SD5468091331"
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"Monument. 1766 date on inscribed panel from monument now re-set on wall of garage adjoining east return of Holme Park school (listed separately). Coursed rubble c.15 ft high overall and square in plan with sides c.4 ft wide. Pyramidal cap (apex broken) c.3 ft wide with rectangular aperture on each face. Inscription on re-set slab reads: Hic jacet MIDGE/Equa minima Equa maxima,/Quoe super hoc Ericeto/semper in Curfu fuit./Victrix Ob. 17 Dec 1766/AEtat 30 Nil ortum tale."

hearsay:-  
The monument commemorates Midge, a mare who is said to have won every race in which she was entered.

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