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Park Square, WIGTON, CA7 9PP

Ordnance Survey cut mark benchmark levelled at 33.943m above Newlyn Datum verified in 1969

At the western end, on the north side.

There is an Ordnance Survey benchmark Image on the gateway jamb near the right hand edge of the image

This church was built in 1788 on the site of a medieval church. It is Grade II* listed. An inscription in the porch states that it was built by Pattison and Holmes, joiners, and Nixons and Parkin, masons. The design is the same as St Michael's, Workington, built in 1770 and St Cuthbert's, Carlisle, built in 1778. The church was restored in 1881 by C.J. Ferguson, and the vestry on the north side was added in 1912. The short chancel has a lower roof, and a Venetian east window. The red sandstone came from Shawk Quarry. Inside there is a Tuscan and Doric columned gallery, and a ceiling with decorative oval and circular-moulded plaster panels. In the former graveyard south of the church there is a late 13C two-light window from the old church.

A World War One Drill Hall, converted to housing in 1992.

Ordnance Survey records indicate that a benchmark levelled at 34.034m above Newlyn Datum on a house on the left hand side of New Croft was verified in 1969

The two-storey building on the left, Westmorland House, was originally a private residence, built around 1799 and extended in 1815. The taller building on the right was added in the late 19th century, when the Thomlinson Girls' Grammar School opened here. This merged with the nearby boys' school in the 1950s, to become the Nelson Thomlinson Grammar School. The Thomlinson Junior School moved here in 1968, after the secondary school vacated the site. For more information, see the school's website http://www.thomlinson.cumbria.sch.uk/index.php?category_id=103 .

Wigton was originally a wool trading town, but now its major employer is Innovia films. In the market place is an elaborate 19th Century fountain erected in 1872 by George Moore of Whitehall in Mealsgate, in memory of his wife. It is built of granite, and features four fine bronze reliefs of the Acts of Mercy by the Pre-Raphaelite sculptor Thomas Woolner. On the north side (opposite the Kings Arms) is 'Visiting the Afflicted', the east illustrates 'Clothing the Naked', the south has 'Instructing the Ignorant', and the west side has 'Feeding the Hungry'. Above each bronze is a small granite carving of the face of Mrs Moore, surrounded by leaves.

A view looking southeast to the George Moore Memorial Fountain. This was erected in 1872 on the site of an earlier market cross by George Moore of Whitehall in memory of his wife Eliza. Her likeness appears in each of the four alto-relief bronzes (Acts of Mercy) by the pre-raphaelite sculptor, Thomas Woolner. See http://www.ukattraction.com/cumbria+lake+district/market-place-and-memorial-fountain.htm for more details.

Ordnance Survey cut mark benchmark described on the Bench Mark Database at www.bench-marks.org.uk/bm33892