Stone Memorial on Towngate
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Stone Memorial on Towngate
Image: © Betty Longbottom Taken: 20 Jul 2007
This was erected in 1801 to commemorate the short peace called the Peace of Amiens. There is also a line showing the height of the flood caused by the bursting of the Bilberry Reservoir on Feb 5th, 1842, when 81 lives were lost.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.570664
Longitude
-1.785387