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| lamp post, Burton-in-Kendal | ||
| Street:- | Square (The) | |
| locality:- | Burton-in-Kendal | |
| civil parish:- | Burton-in-Kendal (formerly Westmorland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | lamp post | |
| coordinates:- | SD53007643 | |
| 1Km square:- | SD5376 | |
| 10Km square:- | SD57 | |
| references:- | Listed Buildings 2010 |
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 BWJ22.jpg (taken 6.5.2012)  BWJ23.jpg Plaque:- "TO / COMMEMORATE / THE MARRIAGE / OF / H.R.H. ALBERT EDWD / Prince of Wales / ON THE 10TH DAY OF MARCH / 1863" (taken 6.5.2012) |
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| evidence:- | old text:- Harper 1907 |
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| source data:- | Guidebook, The Manchester and Glasgow Road, by Charles G Harper,
published by Chapman and Hall Ltd, London, 1907. HP01p098.txt Page 98:- "..." "Burton is, or was, a loyal place, and does what it can to celebrate national events. It cannot, in the very nature of things, with the slender resources at its command, do much, and its highwater-mark of effort is seen in a very ordinary" HP01p099.txt Page 99:- "gas-lamp, erected to commemorate the wedding of the Prince of Wales in 1863." |
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "LAMP POST AT CENTRE OF SQUARE / / THE SQUARE / BURTON IN KENDAL / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 76665 / SD5300876433" |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "Lamp-post. Dated 1863 on commemorative plaque. Cast iron. Festooned, tapering plinth, square in plan with concave sides. Fluted tapering post with clasping petalled base and scrolled brackets. Square lantern with light, now converted to electricity. Inscription on commemorative plaque on East side states:" "TO / COMMEMORATE / THE MARRIAGE / OF / HRH ALBERT EDW / Prince of Wales / ON THE IOTH DAY OF MARCH / 1863." |
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