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Latitude: 52.0682 / 52°4'5"N
Longitude: -1.3893 / 1°23'21"W
OS Eastings: 441961
OS Northings: 241272
OS Grid: SP419412
Mapcode National: GBR 7SR.9L4
Mapcode Global: VHBYR.V8XT
Plus Code: 9C4W3J96+77
Entry Name: Obelisk Approximately 400 Metres South East of Wroxton College
Listing Date: 23 February 1988
Last Amended: 20 September 1988
Grade: II*
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1046770
English Heritage Legacy ID: 244758
ID on this website: 101046770
Location: Cherwell, Oxfordshire, OX15
County: Oxfordshire
District: Cherwell
Civil Parish: Wroxton
Traditional County: Oxfordshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Oxfordshire
Church of England Parish: Wroxton with Balscote
Church of England Diocese: Oxford
Tagged with: Obelisk
WROXTON DARK LANE
SP4040-4140
(South side)
10/201 Obelisk approx. 400m SE of
23.2.88 Wroxton College
(Formerly listed as Obelisk at
Wroxton Abbey)
II*
Obelisk. c.1750. Probably designed by Sanderson Miller as part of the
landscaping of Wroxton Abbey Estate. Tall slender obelisk of ironstone on a
square base. Inscription commemorates the visit of Frederick, Prince of Wales,
for the Banbury races 1739.
(VCH: Oxfordshire, Vol IX, p173; buildings of England, Oxfordshire, 1974, p864;
Wroxton Abbey Guidebook, published by Wroxton College, 1982, p11)
Listing NGR: SP4196141272
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