Ollerenshaw, I: 'Memorial for Victims of the Sheffield Flood'

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PUBLIC ART IN SHEFFIELD

I. Ollerenshaw (of Loxley)
'Memorial for Victims of the Sheffield Flood', after 1864
St Polycarp's Church, Malin Bridge
marble

Location:
St Polycarp's Church, Malin Bridge. Originally sited at St Mark's Methodist Church, Dykes Lane, Sheffield. (A-Z p.85 4G)

Description: A marble plaque on the interior wall inscribed with a list of names of those who lost their lives in The Sheffield Flood.

Inscription:
THIS TABLET WAS ERECTED BY SUBSCRIPTION / In Affectionate Remembrance of / THOSE WHO PERISHED IN THE GREAT FLOOD, NEAR MALIN BRIDGE, MARCH 12TH 1864, / CAUSED BY THE BURSTING OF THE DALE RESERVOIR, BRADFIELD. //
(NAMES) //
"Shall not the judge of all the Earth do right." //
I.OLLERENSHAW. LOXLEY

Commission:
By public subscription

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I. Ollerenshaw (of Loxley) 'Memorial for Victims of the Sheffield Flood', after 1864 St Polycarp's Church, Malin Bridge marble

I. Ollerenshaw (of Loxley)
'Memorial for Victims of the Sheffield Flood', after 1864
St Polycarp's Church, Malin Bridge
marble