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DENT, West Riding

Adam Sedgwick Memorial                       SD 705 870

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Adam Sedgwick (1785-1873) was the son of the vicar of Dent. He became the country's leading expert on geology.

The appropriate granite memorial to Sedgwick took a team of eight horses to position it in the market place. It incorporates an animal trough and a fountain.


Face in a rock                                              SD 705 869

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Copyright Ray Blyth 2018