Smethurst Memorial
- Date:
- 6 May 2005
- Location:
- Smethurst Memorial, Peoples Park, Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire, Lincolnshire
- Reference:
- IOE01/12201/07
- Type:
- Photograph (Digital)
This information is taken from the statutory List as it was in 2001 and may not be up to date.
GRIMSBY
TA2608SE PEOPLES PARK 699-1/29/53 Smethurst Memorial
II
Memorial obelisk. c1892, by RW Ray of Grimsby. Limestone. Square-section stepped plinth inscribed: R. W. RAY, CARVER, GRIMSBY. Square base with relief carving of portrait medallion and mayoral mace flanked by coats of arms. Inscription below reads: ALDERMAN HENRY SMETHURST JP/ MAYOR OF GRIMSBY 1886 & 1887/ CHAIRMAN OF THE SCHOOLBOARD 1880-1889/ BORN 1819 DIED 1892. Right return inscribed: AN EARNEST AND SUCCESSFUL WORKER/ IN THE PRIMITIVE METHODIST CHURCH/ AND IN THE TEMPERANCE CAUSE FOR MORE/ THAN FIFTY YEARS. Left return inscribed: HIS FELLOW CITIZENS RAISED THIS MONUMENT TO COMMEMORATE THEIR APPRECIATION OF HIS CHARACTER, AS WELL IN HIS PRIVATE AS PUBLIC LIFE. Above this is a realistically-carved blockwork obelisk, profusely draped and stacked around with sailing and fishing gear, including ropes, cables and pulleys; nets, sails and flags; chains, anchors and a buoy inscribed GV180; seaweed, crabs and barnacles. Smethurst, a leading figure in Grimsby, owned the port's largest fleet of fishing smacks. Peoples Park, landscaped with a lake, trees, flower beds etc., was presented to the town by Lord Heneage in 1883. (Grimsby Planning Department: Wellow Conservation Area: Grimsby Borough Council: 1972-: MAP).
Listing NGR: TA2689708399
This is part of the Series: IOE01/2044 IOE Records taken by Janet Tierney; within the Collection: IOE01 Images Of England
© Ms Janet Tierney. Source: Historic England Archive
This photograph was taken for the Images of England project
Photographer: Tierney, Janet
Rights Holder: Tierney, Janet
Limestone, Victorian Obelisk, 20th Century Gardens Parks And Urban Spaces, Garden Ornament, Commemorative Monument, Commemorative
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