Description

NZ 00 NE NZ 07770989 BARNINGHAM BARNINGHAM VILLAGE
(West end)

10/55 Monument and
adjacent stone
300 metres south-
west of moor gate

II

Monument, dated 1892. Shap granite. Tapering pyramid-topped obelisk on
splayed plinth and square base; overall height 3 metres. Inscription on
plinth 'AT THIS STAND (CARBUS) WERE SHOT 190 GROUSE AT A SINGLE DRIVE LASTING
TWENTY FIVE MINUTES BY SIR FREDERICK MILBANK BART. M.P. ON THE 20TH AUGUST
1872 AT WHICH TIME JOSEPH COLLINSON WAS HEAD KEEPER. ERECTED BY LADY
MILBANK IN COMMEMORATION 1892'. Inscription on base 'TOTAL BAG, AUGUST 20TH
1872 2,070 GROUSE (SIX SHOOTERS). TOTAL KILLED IN THE SEASON 17,064 GROUSE
ON WEMMERGILL MOOR'. On adjacent stone 'THIS MEMORIAL WAS REMOVED FROM
WEMMERGILL MOOR TO THIS SITE AFTER SIR FREDERICK MILBANK CAME INTO POSSESSION
OF BARNINGHAM MOOR'.

Included for social-historical interest: Wemmergill Moor, the scene of the
slaughter commemorated, lies south-west of Middleton-in-Teesdale.

Listing NGR: NZ0777809897

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26608510

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Recommended Books

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  Derbyshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)