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Lord Hill's Column

Introduction

The photograph on this page of Lord Hill's Column by Nigel Callaghan as part of the Geograph project.

The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.

There are currently over 7.5m images from over 14,400 individuals and you can help contribute to the project by visiting https://www.geograph.org.uk

Lord Hill's Column

Image: © Nigel Callaghan Taken: 21 Aug 2005

This fine Doric column, 132 ft high, built in 1814, commemorates Lord Rowland Hill (1772 - 1842) who served under Wellington in the Peninsular War and at Waterloo. The modern building beyond is the Shropshire Shire Hall.

Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0

Image Location

Leaflet Map data © OpenStreetMap

Latitude

52.703404

Longitude

-2.732522