King Edward VII - Cheyne Walk, Northampton, UK
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Dragontree
N 52° 14.257 W 000° 53.251
30U E 644245 N 5789569
A grand memorial to King Edward VII outside Northampton Hospital.
Waymark Code: WM579W
Location: East Midlands, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 11/23/2008
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The bust of King Edward VII is surrounded by several plaques reading as follows:
'1901-1910
THIS MEMORIAL TO KING EDWARD VII
WAS RAISED BY CITIZENS OF
NORTHAMPTON ANNO DOMINI 1913
WM HARVEY REEVES. MAYOR
SIR HENRY RANDALL. HON TREASURER
HERBERT HANKINSON . HON SECRETARY
THOUGHTFUL FOR THE CARE AND CURE OF
THE SICK HE FOUNDED THE KING EDWARD
HOSPITAL FUND AND LEFT TO THE WORLD
A NOBLE EXAMPLE OF WISE PHILANTHROPY
Parts of this are hard to distinguish:
A WISE AND ..... PRINCE A
LOVER OF PEACE AND AN EARNEST WORKER
FOR THE WELFARE OF HIS PEOPLE HE WAS ...
NOTED .......... IN THE HOUR OF DEATH'
On top of the memorial is a knight statue above King Edward.
There are also plaques on the hospital wall itself about the historic building it is housed in which will be on the hospital waymark. The area around is very busy at it is the junction of Cheynes Walk with Billing Road and York Road.
URL of the statue: Not listed
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