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GARTON ON THE WOLDS, East Riding

Sir Tatton Sykes Monument                        SE 957 618

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The 120 feet tall Gothic spire was erected as a memorial to Sir Tatton Sykes, 4th Baronet of Sledmere, in 1865, two years after his death.

The inscription reads:

ERECTED TO THE MEMORY
SIR TATTON SYKES BARONET
BY THOSE WHO LOVED HIM AS A FRIEND
AND HONOURED HIM AS A LANDLORD



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