Drinking fountain in Langholm town centre
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Drinking fountain in Langholm town centre
Image: © Walter Baxter Taken: 3 Nov 2007
A pink granite drinking fountain set into a corner of the town hall building in High Street, with an inscribed granite stone above. Presented by the London Eskdale Society in 1896. The inscription on the stone above reads: WILLIAM JULIUS MICKLE POET BORN AT LANGHOLM 29TH SEPTEMBER 1734 DIED AT FORREST HILL, NEAR OXFORD 1788. TRANSLATOR OF "THE LUSIAD" AUTHOR OF "CUMNOR HALL" AND "THERE'S NAE LUCK ABOOT THE HOOSE".
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Image Location
Latitude
55.150562
Longitude
-2.998565