Benjamin Brierley (1825-1896)
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Benjamin Brierley (1825-1896) by Gerald England as part of the Geograph project.
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Benjamin Brierley (1825-1896)
Image: © Gerald England Taken: 13 Sep 2016
This sculpture of Ben Brierley by Denise Dutton was unveiled at Failsworth in 2006 Image It is based on an earlier sculpture by John Cassidy which had once stood in Queen's Park http://www.johncassidy.org.uk/brierley.html but which was lost due to the various ravages of time. For more information on the writer see Gerald Massey's website: http://gerald-massey.org.uk/brierley/
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Image Location
Latitude
53.510981
Longitude
-2.155879