Arden Hall dogs' graves, Accrington

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289523

Reference identifier

HAC-H01-D41-1052-1

Title

Arden Hall dogs' graves, Accrington

Place

Accrington

General notes

Close by the highway to Plantation Mill, near the gateway leading across to Leeming's Path. One may see in the grounds of Arden Hall the graves of favourite dogs with named headstones. Pet dogs of Benjamin Hargreaves: L to R :
1: Daphne 1871
2: Louis - Rest 1870
3: Rino 1869
4: Our Loo 1864
5: Loo Loo 1858
6:Bianco - Moffey's friend 1862
7: Moffey 1850

Benjamin Hargreaves lived in Arden Hall, which he had built in 1846, and this photograph shows part of the grounds of the hall where his favourite dogs were buried.

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Medium

Photographic print

Colour

Monochrome

Year of image

1927

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Subjects

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