George Beaumont's gravestone, Wardsend Cemetery
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George Beaumont's gravestone, Wardsend Cemetery
Image: © Neil Theasby Taken: 10 May 2014
George Beaumont was playing in a Christmas Day football match in 1877. The ball was kicked over the boundary wall and Beaumont vaulted after it. Unfortunately, he had no idea that there was a stone quarry on the other side and he plunged to his untimely death. His footstone has an old football carved upon it.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.408781
Longitude
-1.489104