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Title
Monument to Sir Edward Kerrison
Date
1888 or before
Medium
stone & marble
Measurements
H 450 x W (?) x D (?) cm;
Plinth: H 150 x W (?) x D (?) cm
Accession number
IP23_TJ_S057
Acquisition method
funded by public subscription
Work type
Monument
Owner
Eye Town Council
Custodian
Eye Town Council
Work status
extant
Listing status
Grade II (England and Wales)
Listing date
20/10/71
Access
at all times
Inscription description
front: OCULUS IN COELUM / MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT FOR THE BOROUGH OF EYE / 1852 – 1866 / FOR EAST SUFFOLK / 1866-68 / PRESIDENT OF THE ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY 1865. D.L. AND J.P. / FOR SUFFOLK RIEN SANS DIEU / IN MEMORY / OF / SIR EDWARD CLARENCE KERRISON / BARONET / OF / OAKLEY PARK AND BROME HALL / OF THIS COUNTY / BORN 1821 DIED 1886 A GENEROUS LANDLORD / A FRIEND TO THE POOR / A ZEALOUS AND POWERFUL / PROMOTER OF GOOD WORKS / EDUCATIONAL AND BENEVOLENT / IN THIS DISTRICT / AND THROUGHOUT / THE EASTERN COUNTIES THIS MONUMENT IS ERECTED / BY / MANY FRIENDS / BOTH RICH AND POOR / WITH GRATEFUL RECOLLECTIONS / OF HIS WIDE SYMPATHIES / AND MUNIFICENT DEEDS. / A.D. MDCCLXXXVIII