Well's Monument

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Well's Monument

iBase ID

268276

Reference identifier

ECL20140513007

Title

Well's Monument

General notes

This roadside cross is on the Stonyhurst estate. It is a memorial to a former servant at Stonyhurst College and fiddler, James Wells. It was erected in 1834 at Stockbridge after he died in a quarry accident. On the front is inscribed the legend, ‘WATCH FOR YOU KNOW NOT THE DAY NOR HOUR.’ Above this is written, ‘OFT EVENINGS GLAD MAKE MORNINGS SAD’. On the left is ‘PRAY FOR THE SOUL OF JAMES WELLS’ and on the right, ‘DIED FEB. 12TH, 1834′.

Medium

Glass slide, positive

Original image size

4.61 x 7.1

Year of image

c1900

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Locator

Box I 39/10

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