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Title: Hang-gliding over Stoodley Pike - BIM00223
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Title
Hang-gliding over Stoodley Pike - BIM00223
Description
Stoodley Pike refers to a 1400 feet (400m) hill although it is better known for its 121feet (37m) monument which was designed by local architect James Green and completed in 1856 at the end of the Crimean War.
The monument replaced an earlier structure completed in 1815 to commemorate the defeat of Napoleon. It collapsed in 1854 after a lightning strike, as a result of which a lightning conductor was added which has proved to be successful.
The weathered inscription reads:
STOODLEY PIKE. A BEACON MONUMENT ERECTED BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION. COMMENCED IN 1814 TO COMMEMORATE THE SURRENDER OF PARIS TO THE ALLIES AND FINISHED AFTER THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO WHEN PEACE WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1815.
BY A STRANGE COINCIDENCE THE PIKE FELL ON THE DAY THE RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR LEFT LONDON BEFORE THE DECLARATION OF WAR WITH RUSSIA IN 1854. WAS REBUILT WHEN PEACE WAS RESTORED IN 1856. RESTORED AND LIGHTNING CONDUCTOR FIXED 1889.
The monument replaced an earlier structure completed in 1815 to commemorate the defeat of Napoleon. It collapsed in 1854 after a lightning strike, as a result of which a lightning conductor was added which has proved to be successful.
The weathered inscription reads:
STOODLEY PIKE. A BEACON MONUMENT ERECTED BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION. COMMENCED IN 1814 TO COMMEMORATE THE SURRENDER OF PARIS TO THE ALLIES AND FINISHED AFTER THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO WHEN PEACE WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1815.
BY A STRANGE COINCIDENCE THE PIKE FELL ON THE DAY THE RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR LEFT LONDON BEFORE THE DECLARATION OF WAR WITH RUSSIA IN 1854. WAS REBUILT WHEN PEACE WAS RESTORED IN 1856. RESTORED AND LIGHTNING CONDUCTOR FIXED 1889.
Creator
Bill Marsden
Source
Bill Marsden
Date
1990s
Rights
PHDA - Bill Marsden Collection
Relation
Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
Identifier
BIM00223.tif
Collection
Citation
Bill Marsden, “Hang-gliding over Stoodley Pike - BIM00223,” Pennine Horizons Digital Archive, accessed May 4, 2024, https://penninehorizons.org/items/show/11040.
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