Shibdon Road, Memorial to Thomas Ramsay
Shibdon Road, Memorial to Thomas Ramsay
HER Number
5174
District
Gateshead
Site Name
Shibdon Road, Memorial to Thomas Ramsay
Place
Blaydon
Map Sheet
NZ16SE
Class
Commemorative
Site Type: Broad
Commemorative Monument
Site Type: Specific
Commemorative Monument
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Structure
Description
Erected by the miners of Durham to commemorate the long and self-sacrificing labour in the cause of human progress of Thomas Ramsay who died in 1873. Memorial by G. Burn of Newcastle. Sandstone pedestal, with inscription on east face, bears statue of man in Victorian dress with a scroll under his left arm. 4 pillars support a tall gabled crocketed canopy. LISTED GRADE 2
Easting
418800
Northing
562900
Grid Reference
NZ418800562900
Sources
<< HER 5174 >> I. Ayris & S.M. Linsley, 1994, A Guide to the Industrial Archaeology of Tyne and Wear, p 78
Dept. of National Heritage, of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, Apr-24; Ian Ayris, Peter Jubb, Steve Palmer and Paul Usherwood, 1996, A Guide to the Public Monuments and Sculpture of Tyne and Wear, p 44
Dept. of National Heritage, of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, Apr-24; Ian Ayris, Peter Jubb, Steve Palmer and Paul Usherwood, 1996, A Guide to the Public Monuments and Sculpture of Tyne and Wear, p 44