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Latitude: 53.1825 / 53°10'57"N
Longitude: -2.8952 / 2°53'42"W
OS Eastings: 340269
OS Northings: 365419
OS Grid: SJ402654
Mapcode National: GBR 79.3K78
Mapcode Global: WH88F.H8JK
Plus Code: 9C5V54M3+2W
Entry Name: Monument to W Brown in North Part of Overleigh Cemetery
Listing Date: 23 July 1998
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1375892
English Heritage Legacy ID: 469871
ID on this website: 101375892
Location: General Cemetery, Handbridge, Cheshire West and Chester, Cheshire, CH4
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Electoral Ward/Division: Handbridge Park
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Chester
Traditional County: Cheshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Cheshire
Church of England Parish: Chester St Mary without the Walls
Church of England Diocese: Chester
Tagged with: Monument
SJ4065
1932-1/8/209
CHESTER CITY (EM)
OVERLEIGH ROAD
(North side (off))
Monument to W Brown in north part of Overleigh Cemetery
II
GV
Obelisk monument to William Brown, second generation owner of
the pioneering drapery, then department store, Browns of
Chester. c1852. Polished red granite. Approx 4m high. The
plinth is inscribed "SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF WILLIAM BROWN
ESQUIRE A MAGISTRATE OF THIS CITY WHO AT THE AGE OF SIXTY
THREE DEPARTED THIS LIFE ON THE THIRTEENTH DAY OF JUNE ONE
THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND FIFTY TWO DEEPLY LAMENTED BY HIS
FELLOW CITIZENS WHO TO RECORD THEIR HIGH SENSE OF HIS
UNWEARIED EXERTIONS ON BEHALF OF THE CHARITIES OF HIS NATIVE
CITY AND HIS GREAT PUBLIC USEFULNESS HAVE RAISED THIS MONUMENT
IN HIS MEMORY".
Listing NGR: SJ 40269 65419
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