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FABULOUS FOLLIES
...and Landscape Curiosities

KINGSTON UPON HULL, East Riding

Wilberforce Memorial                                        TA 098 288

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 Hull was the birthplace of William Wilberforce (1759- 1833) who campaigned for the abolition of the slave   trade. In 1834, the 90 feet high Doric column was   erected to commemorate him. It was paid for by   public subscription.

The Ruins                             

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  Pearson Park was designed by J. C. Niven in  1864, and    The Ruin's were erected as one of the features.








  
​  Postcard posted: 1916

Pearson Memorial                                                TA 086 304

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The Pearson Memorial is an ironstone monolith with a marble carving made in 1897 by William Day Keyworth junior.








Postcard posted: 1903

West Park Bandstand

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Copyright Ray Blyth 2018