Richard Peacock's Mausoleum
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Richard Peacock's Mausoleum
Image: © Gerald England Taken: 25 Feb 2009
The tomb of Richard Peacock at Brookfield Church Image Richard Peacock (1820-1889) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Peacock was Liberal Party MP for Manchester Gorton and responsible for the construction of Brookfield Church. The Grade II* listed https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1218905 mausoleum was designed by Thomas Worthington and also commemorates Richard's son Ralph (1838-1928) and his younger son Joseph, born in 1839, who had died before his father, in 1875.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.459729
Longitude
-2.169245