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drinking fountain, Whitehaven (2)
Fisher Memorial
locality:-   Castle Park
locality:-   Whitehaven
civil parish:-   Whitehaven (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   drinking fountain
locality type:-   memorial
coordinates:-   NX976180
1Km square:-   NX9718
10Km square:-   NX91

evidence:-   drawing:- Butler 1982-92
item:-  horse
source data:-   drinking fountain (Fisher Memorial), Castle Park, Whitehaven drawn by David Butler
courtesy of David Butler
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"[This / fountain was / erected by / the friends of / Robert Fisher / who died / 1st February 1911 / aged 87 years / as a memorial / of the high / esteem in which / he was held / as a genial / townsman &a / fine sportsman / who was devoted / to horses]"
item:-  private collection : 377
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