A pound to a column
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A pound to a column
Image: © Neil Owen Taken: 29 Oct 2021
This enclosed area at the south east end of Yatton was once the pound (where stray farm animals were detained). But in 1920 the local parish council converted it into a war memorial to the men who did not come back. A copper plate on the north face records them, with a second plate on the west for those who also fell in WWII. The monument is a Clipsham stone column with Ionic capital, designed by the Reverend F.E. Peert and unveiled on 22nd July 1922. Restored in 2004 and Grade II listed.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.384185
Longitude
-2.814004