Urn from the top of the Waterloo Monument ('Cranky pin')
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Urn from the top of the Waterloo Monument ('Cranky pin')
Image: © Phillip Beadham Taken: 2 Mar 2015
Pontefract used to have a monument to the battle of Waterloo. The monument was built in 1818, but demolished on January 2nd, 1946. Locally the Waterloo monument was known as 'Cranky pin' because it leaned over, a bit like the Chesterfield spire. The urn from the top of 'Cranky pin' was kept in the grounds of the Monument House rehabilitation facility. This rehab facility has now also been demolished. I'm unsure where the urn is now.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.685829
Longitude
-1.298456