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Latitude: 54.9679 / 54°58'4"N
Longitude: -1.8695 / 1°52'10"W
OS Eastings: 408451
OS Northings: 563708
OS Grid: NZ084637
Mapcode National: GBR HBDZ.1Y
Mapcode Global: WHC3M.8D0C
Plus Code: 9C6WX49J+55
Entry Name: Monument to John Wormald C30 Yards West of Church of St Mary
Listing Date: 7 March 1985
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1370471
English Heritage Legacy ID: 239475
ID on this website: 101370471
Location: Ovingham, Northumberland, NE42
County: Northumberland
Civil Parish: Ovingham
Built-Up Area: Ovingham
Traditional County: Northumberland
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Northumberland
Church of England Parish: Ovingham
Church of England Diocese: Newcastle
Tagged with: Monument
NZ 0863 - 0963 OVINGHAM WEST ROAD
22/120 Monument to John Wormald
c30 yards west of Churst of
St. Mary
GV II
Churchyard memorial. 1874. By R.L. Armstrong. Ashlar. Inscribed plinth with statue
above. 2-stage square base has rounded top edge with leafy carving. Square column
above with cable-moulded edges and inscription:
Erected by the workers of Prudhoe Colliery in memory of John Wormald aged 57
years who accidentally lost his lefe on the first day of June 1874 on the engine
plane while following his vocation as overman in Prudhoe Colliery.
A constant friend to those under his charge and a man of an affectionate and
amiable disposition and endeared to all who knew him.
Above this a concave cornice with leaf carving and the figure of the deceased kneeling
on one knee with his elbow resting on his other knee. Very rustic carving.
Listing NGR: NZ0845163708
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