Marston Moor Obelisk

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Reference WMO/74194

Address:

Tockwith Road

In between the villages of Long Marston and Tock

Nr Tockwith

YO26

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Roadside
Description: Obelisk
Materials:
  • Stone Stone (any)
  • Stone Slate
Lettering: Incised
Conflicts:
  • English Civil Wars (1642-1651)
About the memorial: This is a square section Obelisk, set on a rectangular base on 3 steps. Each side holds a slate panel with inscriptions. The memorial is set back from the road, opposite is a small car parking space
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Panel1 front faceBATTLE OF MARSTON MOOR/ 2ND JULY 1644/ NEAR THIS SITE/ THE ARMY/ LEFT TO THE LEADERSHIP OF/ OLIVER CROMWELL/ SUPPORTED BY DAVID LESLIE/ COMPLETED THE DEFEAT OF/ PRINCE RUPERT Panel 2 HERE IN HIS NATIVE COUNTY/ SIR THOMAS FAIRFAX/ THE FAMOUS YORKSHIRE SOLDIER/ FOUGHT FOR PARLIAMENT/ WITH BRILLIANCE AND SUCCESS/ LORD GENERAL OF THE PARLIAMENTARY ARMY/ 1645-50 Panel 3 THIS MEMORIAL WAS ERECTED/ - BY THE - /CROMWELL ASSOCIATION/ AND THE HARROGATE GROUP/ OF THE YORKSHIRE ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY/ AND WAS UNVEILED ON THE/ 1ST JULY 1939/ RESTORED 1973 Panel 4 PROPERTY OF/ THE/ CROMWELL/ ASSOCIATION

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