Gravestone Of John Blenkinsop Approximately 2 Metres North Of Tower Of Church Of The Holy Trinity is a Grade II listed building in the Leeds local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 March 1988. Gravestone.
Gravestone Of John Blenkinsop Approximately 2 Metres North Of Tower Of Church Of The Holy Trinity
- WRENN ID
- grey-nave-primrose
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Leeds
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 March 1988
- Type
- Gravestone
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
SF 32 NW ROTHWELL CHURCH STREET LS26 (north side), Rothwell
5/80 Gravestone of John Blankinsop approx. 2 metres north of tower of Church of the Holy Trinity
GV II
Gravestone. Dated 1831. Sandstone. Rectangular slab, slightly raised, with lettering in memory of John Blenkinsop, steward of the Middleton Estate, died 1831. Further lettering added at centenary in 1931 records that John Blenkinsop "invented the rack railway in 1811 and on a line he built between Leeds and Middleton four Matthew Murray locomotives ran from 1812 to 1835. His system was adopted at Newcastle on Tyne in 1813 and Wigan in 1814. These railways were the first an which steam locomotion was a commercial success".
Listing NGR: SE3430028322
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