The lighthouse monument in Barrow cemetery
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The lighthouse monument in Barrow cemetery
Image: © Stephen Middlemiss Taken: 25 Nov 2013
The inscription on it reads ERECTED BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION IN MEMORY OF JAMES GALL, ONE OF THE CREW OF THE “FORFARSHIRE” [DIED DEC 25th 1888.] AND TO COMMEMORATE THE HEROISM OF GRACE DARLING, IN RESCUING 9 MEN FROM THE WRECK OF THAT UNFORTUNATE VESSEL. A.D. 1838.
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Image Location
Latitude
54.130122
Longitude
-3.226525