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Pillar
Pillar
Pillar
Pillar
Pillar
Pillar

Image credit: Fiona Matthewson / Art UK

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A pillar of unfinished stone with a marble inlayed plaque mounted on steps. 
Title

Pillar

Date

1908

Medium

stone

Accession number

SK10_FM_S101

Work type

Sculpture

Owner

Cheshire East Council

Custodian

Cheshire East Council

Work status

extant

Unveiling date

1908

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at all times

Inscription description

on marble plaque: MACCLESFIELD MEN / ERECTED THIS PILLAR IN 1908 / ON THE SITE OF HIS ANCESTRAL HOME / THE FENCE / TO COMMEMORATE THE MANY / ACTS OF KINDNESS AND GIFTS / TO THE TOWN OF / F. D. BROCKLEHURST J. P. D. L. / OF HARE HILL / THE DONOR OF THIS PARK AND / CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE / WHICH RESTORED THE / PARISH CHURCH IN 1898 / BORN 1837 DIED 1903

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Fence Avenue, Macclesfield

SK10 2QJ