Former Delph Lane Co-Op store (3) - foundation stone
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Former Delph Lane Co-Op store (3) - foundation stone
Image: © Stephen Craven Taken: 12 May 2017
For context, see Image The soft sandstone (most likely from the local quarries that gave the street its name) is already very eroded. All I can make out of the inscription is: This stone was laid by ..... Earnshaw ..... of the ..... Committee ..... 1885 One Isaac Earnshaw was a director of the Leeds Industrial Co-Operative Society, and president in 1889 (source: http://www.gerald-massey.org.uk/holyoake/c_leeds_co-op_4.htm ). I have heard from a distant relative who has records showing that that Isaac laid the Foundation Stone on 15th January 1876, several years before he became President. The date of 1885 is therefore something of a mystery.
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Image Location
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53.815772
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-1.556618