Addy monument, Weaste Cemetery, Salford
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Addy monument, Weaste Cemetery, Salford
Image: © Stephen Richards Taken: 29 May 2017
Mark Addy (d.1890), the 'Salford Hero'. An information board describes how Addy, a boatman and innkeeper, rescued more than fifty people from drowning in the Irwell, the first when he was aged only 13. He succumbed to a fatal illness after swallowing too much of its polluted water. Grade II listed.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.477083
Longitude
-2.302356