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| ArtistMaker: | George BRIGHT LTD. | 
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| TitleOfWork: | memorial lamp and fountain | |
| DescriptionOfPhoto: | view looking towards Conisbrough Castle | |
| DateOfCreation: | 1911 | |
| Dimensions: | Height: 295 cm | |
| Medium: | iron | |
| Location: | On the edge of Coronation Park. (SK514988) | |
| AtoZReference: | p.59 3D | |
| Postcode: | DN12 | |
| Street: | Castle Hill and Low Road | |
| TownOrVillage: | Conisbrough | |
| AreaInTown: | Burcroft | |
| MetropolitanBorough: | Doncaster | |
| Photographer: | Dave Ball | |
| ImageCopyright: | Sheffield Hallam University | |
| AccessionNumber: | d044a | |
| Description: A metal basin with an octagonal column arising from its rear, topped by a lamp post, 295 cm high. Some ornate decoration of the crosspole beneath the missing lamp and ornamental scrolls at the cupola surmounting the column. Set on an octagonal foot with a small dog trough at the front three faces. Inscriptions: On a panel above the basin: " CORONATION / OF / KING / GEORGE / V / 22nd June / 1911 / THIS / LAMP / & FOUNTAIN / WAS / ERECTED / BY / PUBLIC / SUBSCRIPTION " At the base: " GEO. BRIGHT LTD. / BURTON WEIR / ROTHERHAM " Commission: Coronation Park was opened as a park on 22nd June 1911 to commemorate George V's coronation on that day. The land had been donated by a Mrs Godfrey Walker of Scarborough and she unveiled the lamp and fountain. £150 was raised by public subscription. The cost of the lamp and fountain was £30 plus the installation costs. The remaining monies were spent on a Coronation tea for the village children and old people. [1] Comment: It is not known whether the initiative for this fountain was public or private References: [1] J. & T. Greathead, Photographs of Old Conisbrough, 1990. p. 13 |
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