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    Memorial

    Finsthwaite Tower

    Source: Copyright Kevin Day

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    Current Location

    Woodland near Finsthwaite, Finsthwaite, South Lakeland, Cumbria, LA12 8AW, England

    OS Grid Reference

    SD 369 868

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    © WMR-66464

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    Type of Memorial
    Tower
    WMR Reference Number
    66464
    Description
    A two-storey folly tower with a stone tablet.
    Inscription
    ERECTED/ TO HONOUR THE/ OFFICERS, SEAMAN AND MARINES/ OF THE/ ROYAL NAVY/ WHOSE MATCHLESS CONDUCT AND/ IRRESTIBLE VALOUR DECISIVELY DEFEATED/ THE FLEETS OF FRANCE, SPAIN AND HOLLAND/ AND PRESERVED AND PROTECTED/ LIBERTY & COMMERCE/ 1799.
    War
    Military Service
    Sponsor Type
    private
    Sponsored By
    James King (1755-1821), the landowner.

    Components

    Tower

    Made from: Stone


    Condition: Good


    • The Outlying Fells of Lakeland, A Wainwright (1974), pp. 74-79.