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Originally posted by jemboQueen Victoria Obelisk, Fowey Cornwall UK
The plaque says:
This obelisk was formerly erected on Albert Quay to mark the landing of the Queen Victoria and Prince Albert there on September 8th 1846.
As a silver jubilee tribute, and to commemorate the visit of her majesty Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip to Fowey in 1962, it was recovered from the harbour bed where it had lain for many years erected on this Caffa Mill site. 1977We'll sail be the tide....aarghhhh !!
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SOUTHAMPTON MAYFIELD PARK
The park was previously part of*William Chamberlayne's*Weston Grove Estate.[2]*In 1810, Chamberlayne erected a memorial to*Whigpolitician*Charles James Fox.[2][3]*This takes the form of a*Portland Stone*Obelisk, situated on the highest point of the estate where a windmill once stood.[4]*Chamberlayne was later to become*MP*for the*Southampton*constituency, from 1818–1830.In 1854, Thomas Chamberlayne sold part of the estate to Col. Robert Wright (after whom nearby Wrights Hill was named), who built Mayfield House there, establishing the Mayfield Estate.[2]*Col Wright subsequently dedicated the Obelisk to two of his favourite horses,[5]who are buried in the park.From 1889 to 1913, Mayfield House and the estate was owned by*Granville Augustus William Waldegrave, 3rd*Lord Radstock.[6]*He had previously worked as a missionary in Russia in the 1870s.[5]*During his tenure of the Mayfield Estate Lord Radstock added the inscription to the Obelisk, which reads "The earth is the Lord's and the fullness thereof – Psalms 24.1Attached FilesWe'll sail be the tide....aarghhhh !!
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