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A new housing development on the north side of Farndon

Monument erected by tenants and friends of Roger Barnston who died from wounds received at the relief of Lucknow in 1857 during the Indian Mutiny campaign, whilst serving as a Major and Brevet Lieutenant Colonel with "Her Majesty's 30th. Light Infantry"

View facing north as you begin to leave Farndon.

Photo taken 07/11/2012 @ Chester Road, Farndon, Cheshire. Barnston's Monument. Monument erected by tenants and friends of Roger Barnston who died from wounds received at the relief of Lucknow in 1857 during the Indian Mutiny campaign, whilst serving as a Major and Brevet Lieutenant Colonel with "Her Majesty's 30th. Light Infantry". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Barnston's_Monument_-_geograph.org.uk_-_58484.jpg

The Barnston Monument was erected in memory of Roger Barnston who had served in the Crimean War and died of his wounds at the relief of Lucknow during the Indian Mutiny Campaign in 1857. This design of the obelisk was the result of a competition, the £400 cost being raised through public subscription. The Barnston family lived in Farndon for over 600 years - they were major landowners in the parish. The family adopted their name from the village in which they originated - Barnston in Wirral. Hugh de Berneston is the first known member of the family living in this village c.1293. He also owned lands in Woreleston. Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obelisk_Commemorating_Roger_Barnston

Major Roger Barnston served in the Crimean War, and later in India, where he died, at the age of 31, on 23 December 1857 from wounds sustained at the Siege of Lucknow in the Indian Rebellion. At a parish meeting in 1838 it was decided to provide a memorial to him. Subscribers raised a total of £426.55. Following a competition, a design by Edward A. Heffer was selected. The cost of the memorial came to £400. The memorial bears the following inscription - "ERECTED IN MEMORY OF ROGER BARNSTON ESQ OF CREWE HILL, MAJOR AND BREVET LIEUT. COLONEL OF HER MAJESTY'S 90TH LIGHT INFANTRY, CB AND KNIGHT OF THE LEGION OF HONOUR AND OF THE ORDER OF MEJDEDIE BY HIS TENANTS AND FRIENDS. HE SERVED IN THE CRIMEAN WAR FROM THE 5TH DECEMBER 1854 AND WAS PRESENT AT THE SIEGE AND FALL OF SEBASTOPOL AND ALSO IN THE INDIAN MUTINY CAMPAIGN IN 1857 IN WHICH HE SUFFERED A SEVERE WOUND WHILE GALLANTLY LEADING AN ASSAULT AT THE RELIEF OF LUCK NOW ON THE 18TH NOVEMBER 1857 FROM THE EFFECTS OF WHICH HE DIED AT CAWNPORE ON THE 23RD DECEMBER 1857, AGED 31 YEARS, AND WAS INTERRED IN THE MILITARY CEMETERY OF THAT STATION."

Inscribed panel on the Barnston Memorial Image The monument is Grade II listed.

Cast iron post by the UC road (was B5130), in parish of Farndon (Chester District), North of Farndon, next to South View, between Monument and Briarfield, under hedge near 30 sign, on West side of road. Cast iron CCC1898, erected by the County Council in the 19th century. Inscription reads:- : CHURTON / ⅝ MILE / ALDFORD 2½ / CHESTER 8 : : CHESHIRE / 1898 / COUNTY COUNCIL : : FARNDON / ⅝ MILE : Maker:- : W H SMITH & CO / MAKERS / WHITCHURCH : Milestone Society National ID: CH_CHTP08a