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Latitude: 53.7524 / 53°45'8"N
Longitude: -0.362 / 0°21'43"W
OS Eastings: 508101
OS Northings: 429694
OS Grid: TA081296
Mapcode National: GBR GHL.38
Mapcode Global: WHGFK.DYV6
Plus Code: 9C5XQJ2Q+X5
Entry Name: Monument to Captain John Gravill in General Cemetery
Listing Date: 3 August 2001
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1389312
English Heritage Legacy ID: 487954
ID on this website: 101389312
Location: Hull General Cemetery, Stepney, Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, HU5
County: City of Kingston upon Hull
Electoral Ward/Division: Avenue
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Kingston upon Hull
Traditional County: Yorkshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): East Riding of Yorkshire
Church of England Parish: Hull St Cuthbert
Church of England Diocese: York
Tagged with: Monument
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SPRING BANK WEST
Monument to Captain John Gravill, General Cemetery
GII
Tomb.1865.Erected by public subscription to the memory of Captain John Gravill who died aboard the Steam Whaler 'Diana' which was frozen in the ice of the Davis Straits. White marble.Enclosed grave surrounded by low marble walls.At the head a square monument with stepped and moulded base. Main front has long inscription,with above a moulded cap with oval carved relief showing his ship stuck in the ice.Above again the tomb is topped with a partially draped urn.A rare example of a tomb dedicated specifically to a captain of the whaling industry,once a very important part of the industrial development of Hull.
Listing NGR: TA0810129693
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