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Title
The Loudoun Memorial
Date
1879
Medium
Hopton Wood stone
Measurements
H 2134 x W (?) x D (?) cm
Accession number
LE65_BV_S076
Acquisition method
purchased by public subscription
Work type
Monument
Owner
North West Leicestershire District Council
Custodian
North West Leicestershire District Council
Work status
extant
Listing status
Grade II* (England and Wales)
Unveiling date
July 1879
Listing date
08/05/50
Access
at all times
Inscription description
incised letters into one of the niches: IN MEMORY OF / EDITH MAUD, / COUNTESS OF LOUDOUN, / IN HER OWN RIGHT, / BARONESS BOTREAUX, / HUNGERFORD DE MOLEYNS / AND HASTINGS, / WHO / SPRUNG FROM / AN ILLUSTRIOUS ANCESTRY / HERSELF POSSESSED / THEIR NOBLEST QUALITIES, / THE PEOPLE OF / ASHBY-DE-LA-ZOUCH / AND ITS NEIGHBOURHOOD / HAVE RAISED THIS CROSS, / A TRIBUTE OF ADMIRATION / AND OF LOVE, / 1874.