Gravestone of John Blenkinsop Approximately 2 Metres North of Tower of Church of the Holy Trinity
GRAVESTONE OF JOHN BLENKINSOP APPROXIMATELY 2 METRES NORTH OF TOWER OF CHURCH OF THE HOLY TRINITY, CHURCH STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1184672
- Date first listed:
- 28-Mar-1988
- List Entry Name:
- Gravestone of John Blenkinsop Approximately 2 Metres North of Tower of Church of the Holy Trinity
- Statutory Address:
- GRAVESTONE OF JOHN BLENKINSOP APPROXIMATELY 2 METRES NORTH OF TOWER OF CHURCH OF THE HOLY TRINITY, CHURCH STREET
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1184672
- Date first listed:
- 28-Mar-1988
- List Entry Name:
- Gravestone of John Blenkinsop Approximately 2 Metres North of Tower of Church of the Holy Trinity
- Statutory Address 1:
- GRAVESTONE OF JOHN BLENKINSOP APPROXIMATELY 2 METRES NORTH OF TOWER OF CHURCH OF THE HOLY TRINITY, CHURCH STREET
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For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- GRAVESTONE OF JOHN BLENKINSOP APPROXIMATELY 2 METRES NORTH OF TOWER OF CHURCH OF THE HOLY TRINITY, CHURCH STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Leeds (Metropolitan Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- SE 34300 28322
Details
SF 32 NW ROTHWELL CHURCH STREET LS26 (north side), Rothwell
5/80 Gravestone of John Blankinsop approx. 2 metres north of tower of Church of the Holy Trinity
GV II
Gravestone. Dated 1831. Sandstone. Rectangular slab, slightly raised, with lettering in memory of John Blenkinsop, steward of the Middleton Estate, died 1831. Further lettering added at centenary in 1931 records that John Blenkinsop "invented the rack railway in 1811 and on a line he built between Leeds and Middleton four Matthew Murray locomotives ran from 1812 to 1835. His system was adopted at Newcastle on Tyne in 1813 and Wigan in 1814. These railways were the first an which steam locomotion was a commercial success".
Listing NGR: SE3430028322
Legacy
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- Legacy System number:
- 342109
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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