Boughton Obelisk - Northants
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Norfolk12
N 52° 16.793 W 000° 53.815
30U E 643467 N 5794251
A 100 Foot Obelisk now surrounded by a housing estate.
Waymark Code: WM4ZG5
Location: United Kingdom
Date Posted: 10/18/2008
Views: 8
Boughton Obelisk was built in 1764,by William Wentworth,2nd Earl
of Strafford [ 1722-01.] Who lived at Boughton Hall a 100 foot High Column of local white sandstone.It is the most prominenet of the seven follies in Boughton Park. it once bore the inscription:
"This Obelisk was erected in 1764 In memory of His Grace Wiliam Cavendish 4th Duke of Devonshire "
William Cavendish was a life long friend of Wentworth's and had been educated at Boughton. He became Prime Minister in 1756 on the opposite side was a quotation from Popes Essay on Man
"Here in the rich The Honour'rd Fam'd and Great
see the false scales of Happiness complete "
PLACED BY NORTHAMPTON BOROUGH COUNCIL 1995
Height: 100 Feet
Website: [Web Link]
Date Created/Placed: Not listed
Address: Not listed
Illuminated: Not Listed
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