Detail of the top of the memorial obelisk to Mary Wortley Montague in Wentworth Castle's gardens, from the west
- Date:
- 24 Nov 2023
- Location:
- Wentworth Castle, Lowe Lane, Stainborough, Barnsley
- Reference:
- DP372444
- Type:
- Photograph (Digital)
Drone photography. Photographer's note: 'The first monument in the country to celebrate a woman who was neither royalty or a goddess. Mary Wortley Montague introduced the Smallpox vaccine to Britain from Turkey in 1720.
This is part of the Job: 2K/28592 Wentworth Castle, Lowe Lane, Stainborough, Barnsley, South Yorkshire; within the Volume: VF000360 Parks And Gardens Of Historic Interest; within the Series: HEC01/114 Registered Parks And Gardens Of Historic Interest; within the Collection: HEC01 Historic England
© Historic England Archive
Photographer: Bull, Alun: Historic England
Castle, Park, Obelisk