Monument to Captain Webb
MONUMENT TO CAPTAIN WEBB, HIGH STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1206663
- Date first listed:
- 08-Apr-1983
- Statutory Address:
- MONUMENT TO CAPTAIN WEBB, HIGH STREET
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- Date:
- 2004-05-24
- Reference:
- IOE01/12449/05
- Rights:
- © Mr John Lishman. Source: Historic England Archive
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1206663
- Date first listed:
- 08-Apr-1983
- Statutory Address 1:
- MONUMENT TO CAPTAIN WEBB, HIGH STREET
Location
- Statutory Address:
- MONUMENT TO CAPTAIN WEBB, HIGH STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Telford and Wrekin (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Great Dawley
- National Grid Reference:
- SJ 68532 07412
Details
DAWLEY DAWLEY 1. 5362 High Street Monument to Captain Webb 8/156
II
2. Dated 1909. Memorial to Captain Webb. Lion-head drinking fountains over the plinth. Pedimental gables over panelled sides with inscriptions and medallions. Captain Matthew Webb, who was born in Dawley 1848, was the first to swim the English Channel and died in an attempt to swim the Niagara Rapids in 1883. There is a modern lamp on top of the finial.
Listing NGR: SJ6853207412
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 362020
- Legacy System:
- LBS
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