Obelisk, Cocking Causeway
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Obelisk, Cocking Causeway
Image: © Simon Carey Taken: 24 Aug 2006
Inscription reads 'Free Trade, peace and goodwill among nations'. Erected to the free trade advocate Richard Cobden who was born to a struggling farming family in the area and eventually settled at Dunford House a mile from this obelisk. As yet I haven't been able to find a date for its erection.
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Image Location
Latitude
50.969929
Longitude
-0.740974