Albert Memorial tower, Barnstaple (1865)
Rock & Company
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SC0094
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Gardiner, W. F. Barnstaple: 1837-1897. Barnstaple: Ralph Allan, 1897. p. 35.
In 1862 the Albert Memorial Clock was erected in the Square. The base of the clock tower bears the following inscriptions:- West side - "In memory of Albert Prince Consort, born 26th August, 1819; died 14th December, 1861." East side - "This clock tower has been erected by the people of this town and neighbourhood to record their deep sense of the loss the nation has sustained through the death of a good and wise prince and counsellor, and also to express their loyalty to the Queen and sympathy with her in her great bereavement. - John Norrington, Mayor."[Text may be taken from a different source or edition than that listed as the source by Somers Cocks.]
In 1862 the Albert Memorial Clock was erected in the Square. The base of the clock tower bears the following inscriptions:- West side - "In memory of Albert Prince Consort, born 26th August, 1819; died 14th December, 1861." East side - "This clock tower has been erected by the people of this town and neighbourhood to record their deep sense of the loss the nation has sustained through the death of a good and wise prince and counsellor, and also to express their loyalty to the Queen and sympathy with her in her great bereavement. - John Norrington, Mayor."[Text may be taken from a different source or edition than that listed as the source by Somers Cocks.]
Format
Steel l.engr vign
Dimensions
63x81mm
Note
Rock & Co. ; no. 5348. 10 May 1865
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Dates
1865