Monument To Lucy Elam is a Grade II listed building in the Yorkshire Dales National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 June 1984. Monument.
Monument To Lucy Elam
- WRENN ID
- old-rubble-honey
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Yorkshire Dales National Park
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 June 1984
- Type
- Monument
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
DENT
SD68NE DENTDALE 162-1/10/124 (North side) 14/06/84 Monument to Lucy Elam
II
Roadside monument. 1876. Commemorates Lucy Elam, benefactress who provided for road improvement at this site. Dressed granite, with polished lettered plaque. Rectangular. Plain rectangular block with plinth of 2 chamfered steps and chunky cornice in similar style; plaque inscribed: "THIS STONE IS ERECTED / BY THE LANDOWNERS AND INHABITANTS OF DENT / IN GRATEFUL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT TO / LUCY ELAM / AT WHOSE SOLE CHARGE / THIS DEVIATION ROAD 1122 YARDS IN LENGTH / WAS MADE A.D. 1876 / IN FILIAL LOVE AND REMEMBRANCE / AND TO FULFIL THE WISHES OF HER FATHER / JOHN ELAM". (cf. Church of St John the Evangelist, Dentdale, for wall monuments to members of the Elam family of Thorns Hall, Sedbergh, qv). HISTORICAL NOTE: diversion of the road on a level gradient replaced a section of steep and winding track higher up the hill.
Listing NGR: SD6907788087
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