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Memorial lamp and fountain

1911

2002

20th century

Conisbrough, South Yorkshire

ENGLAND, UK

George BRIGHT Ltd

02-2232

General view with Coronation Park in background. Description: A metal basin with an octagonal column arising from its rear, topped by a lamp post, 295 cm high. Some ornate decoration of the crosspole beneath the missing lamp and ornamental scrolls at the cupola surmounting the column. Set on an octagonal foot with a small dog trough at the front three faces. Inscriptions: On a panel above the basin: " CORONATION / OF / KING / GEORGE / V / 22nd June / 1911 / THIS / LAMP / & FOUNTAIN / WAS / ERECTED / BY / PUBLIC / SUBSCRIPTION " At the base: " GEO. BRIGHT LTD. / BURTON WEIR / ROTHERHAM " Commission: Coronation Park, on Castle Hill and Low Road, was opened as a park on 22nd June 1911 to commemorate George V's coronation on that day. The land had been donated by a Mrs Godfrey Walker of Scarborough and she unveiled the lamp and fountain. £150 was raised by public subscription. The cost of the lamp and fountain was £30 plus the installation costs. The remaining monies were spent on a Coronation tea for the village children and old people. [1] Comment: It is not known whether the initiative for this fountain was public or private References: [1] J. & T. Greathead, Photographs of Old Conisbrough, 1990. p. 13

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