Waterloo memorial at Romsey Abbey

The monument stands within Romsey churchyard, to the south of the Abbey church. It is of limestone ashlar, and comprises a square base and three battered stages separated by flat abaci. The topmost stage is surmounted by an urn or vase with lobed ornament and grotesque heads. The lowest stage bears an inset marble plaque inscribed: 'THIS COLUMN WAS ERECTED / BY A YOUNG ARCHITECT / OF THIS TOWN / IN COMMEMORATION / OF THE VICTORIOUS BATTLE OF / WATERLOO / IN WHICH BRITISH VALOUR / WAS TRIUMPHANT / AND SECURED / TO THE CONTENDING POWERS / OF EUROPE / TRANQUILLITY AND PEACE / JUNE 18TH 1815'.

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