Monument To Dean Tait'S Children To South Of Church Of St Michael

The monument to Dean Tait's children is located to the south of the Church of St Michael in Carlisle. Erected in 1856, it is made of calciferous sandstone ashlar and features cast-iron railings. The memorial consists of a floret cross on a broad chamfered hexagonal plinth, which is inscribed in memory of five children of Dean Tait who tragically died within weeks of each other from smallpox in 1856. The monument is surrounded by a low rectangular kerb with speared railings and is situated on the slope of the south ditch of Stanwix Roman Fort. Dean Tait was a notable Broad Churchman who became Bishop of London in 1856 and Archbishop of Canterbury in 1868, passing away in 1882.