George Fox Monument is a Grade II listed building in the Hinckley and Bosworth local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 August 1989. Monument.

George Fox Monument

WRENN ID
lone-frieze-root
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Hinckley and Bosworth
Country
England
Date first listed
10 August 1989
Type
Monument
Address
George Fox Monument, George Fow Lane, Witherley
OS grid reference
SP 349 967
Coordinates
52.56762, -1.48507
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The George Fox Monument is a memorial dated 1872, designed in the form of an obelisk made of ashlar. It features an inscription that reads: "TO MEMORY OF / GEORGE FOX / THE FOUNDER OF THE SOCIETY OF FRIENDS / BORN NEAR THIS SPOT AT / FENNY DRAYTON / A.D. 1642 / DIED A.D. 1690 / AND WAS INTERRED IN BUNHILL / FIELDS BURIAL GROUND LONDON / ERECTED 1872".

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