The Waterloo Stones 350 Metres North East Of The Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. Memorial.
The Waterloo Stones 350 Metres North East Of The Hall
- WRENN ID
- final-render-equinox
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Northumberland
- Country
- England
- Type
- Memorial
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
NEWTON-ON-THE-MOOR NEWTON HALL NU 10 SE NU 17080498 6/193 The Waterloo Stones, 350 metres north- east of the Hall
II
Memorial stones, early C19. Sandstone. Three upright roughly-shaped headstone-like stones. c.O.9 metre high, and a fourth larger slab recumbent in front of the central upright stone.
Central upright stone inscribed 'NAPOLEON/FINALLY SUBDUED/BY WELLINGTON/AT WATERLOO/JUNE 18, 1815'; recumbent slab 'G R/11 D N/WELLINGTON/LE MERCHANT/ SALAMANCA/ENGLAND W.S.1/P JULY 22nd 1812/The above illustrious example/most nobly and gloriously followed/in the course of the same year /by Russia/ Vittoria/June 21st 1815/Shannon/June 1st 1815/Liepsig/0ct,1815'. Left upright stone 'DANZO/THOMAS PHILIP/Sep 16 1813'; Right upright stone 'DANZO/N. JONES/ Sep 16 1813'.
The 'Danzo' stones are locally said to mark the graves of two French seamen drowned on the Northumberland coast.
Included for historical interest.
Listing NGR: NU1708604990
Detailed Attributes
Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.