Malcolm Bull's Calderdale Companion : Photograph

Memorial to John Markland Rawson

Halifax Parish Church

Memorial to John Markland Rawson in Halifax Parish Church

A memorial to John Markland Rawson, by Westmacott erected by his father in the south aisle of Halifax Parish Church 


TO THE MEMORY OF
JOHN MARKLAND RAWSON
ELDEST SON OF JOHN RAWSON, OF ASH GROVE,
WHO PERISHED WITH 8 SEAMEN, IN SIMON'S BAY, CAPE OF GOOD HOPE
BY THE SWAMPING OF THE PINNANCE OF H.M.S. OWEN GLENDOWER,
ON THE 10TH MARCH, 1826,
IN THE 19TH YEAR OF HIS AGE.
HIS AFFLICTED PARENT DEDICATES THIS MONUMENT

This image is taken from Crabtree's Concise History of the Parish & Vicarage of Halifax

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Revised 14:33 on 10th September 2017 / ph3156 / 4