Memorial to John Whitaker
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Memorial to John Whitaker
Image: © Gerald England Taken: 27 Sep 2016
This Grade II listed https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1290576 Memorial to John Whitaker stands in the forecourt of the Sunday School Image that Whitaker established in 1814, and was placed there in 1846 to commemorate the school's fiftieth anniversary. The memorial was sculpted by Alfred Gatley https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Gatley and constructed in stone and marble. It stands about 30 feet high and consists of a tapering pedestal standing on steps, above which is a cornice decorated with acroteria. On top of this is a plain block surmounted by a draped urn. On the south face of the block is a medallion Image containing a bust of Whitaker in low relief and an inscription which reads: AS A TRIBUTE OF VENERATION AND ESTEEM, FOR THE PRIVATE AND PUBLIC BENEVOLENCE OF JOHN WHITAKER, THE FOUNDER, THIS MONUMENT IS ERECTED BY THE VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS OF A GRATEFUL POSTERITY, THE SIXTH DAY OF MAY, 1846, BEING THE FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THIS SUNDAY SCHOOL
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Image Location
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53.257896
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-2.127824