Brothers' Parting Stone:: OS grid NY3512 :: Geograph Britain and Ireland

NY3512 : Brothers' Parting Stone

near to Cofa Pike [other Features], Cumbria, Great Britain

Brothers' Parting Stone

Marked by a metal sign and has a poem carved into the rock. The poem is impossible to read. Canon Rawnsley (1888) caused the stone to be recognised as a commemoration to the last parting of William Wordsworth and his brother John at Micaelmas 1800. John commanded the Abergavenny which was sunk with all hands lost February 5th. 1805.

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2007

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Grid Square: NY3512, 35 images (more nearby)
Photographer: Michael Graham (find more nearby)
Image classification^?: Geograph
Date Taken: Sunday, 4 November, 2007 (more nearby)
Submitted: Friday, 4 January, 2008
Category: Memorial > Memorial (more nearby)
Subject Location: OSGB36: NY 353 124 [100m precision]
WGS84: 54:30.1883N 2:59.9819W
Photographer Location: OSGB36: NY 353 125
View Direction: South-southeast (about 157 degrees)