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English Heritage Reference: | 425560 |
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RBKC Reference: | 249/80/12 |
Property: | TOMB OF FEARGUS O'CONNOR |
Street: | HARROW ROAD , W10 |
Date: | 13/06/2001 |
Grade: | II |
Grouped: | GV |
Description: | Tomb of Feargus O'Connor (1794-1855), leading socialist and leader of the Chartist movement. Portland stone. Gothic style. Octagonal spire shape with moulded plinth, and blind tracery to each face set beneath steeply-pitched hoodmoulds with ball-flower stops to spire. Epitaph commences: "This monument erected by subsciption chiefly from the working classes....while philanthropy is a virtue and patriotism not a crime, will the name of O'CONNOR be admired and this monument respected." |
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