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Latitude: 53.7377 / 53°44'15"N
Longitude: -2.9762 / 2°58'34"W
OS Eastings: 335703
OS Northings: 427257
OS Grid: SD357272
Mapcode National: GBR 7TN6.GW
Mapcode Global: WH85P.890Y
Plus Code: 9C5VP2QF+3G
Entry Name: Laura Janet Monument Approximately 30 Metres North of Church of St Cuthbert
Listing Date: 15 February 1993
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1297684
English Heritage Legacy ID: 385255
ID on this website: 101297684
Location: St Cuthbert's Church, Fylde, Lancashire, FY8
County: Lancashire
District: Fylde
Electoral Ward/Division: Clifton
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Lytham St Anne's
Traditional County: Lancashire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Lancashire
Church of England Parish: Lytham St Cuthbert
Church of England Diocese: Blackburn
Tagged with: Memorial
LYTHAM ST ANNES
SD32NE CHURCH ROAD, Lytham
621-1/3/41 (North side)
"Laura Janet" monument approx. 30
metres north of Church of St
Cuthbert
GV II
Monument to crew of St Annes lifeboat. Late C19. Commemorates
7 members of the crew of the lifeboat "Laura Janet" who
perished while attempting to rescue the crew of the German
barque "Mexico" during a storm on the night of 9 December
1886. Red sandstone. Gothic style, in the form of a pinnacled
tabernacle approx. 4 metres high; mounted on a square platform
of 2 low steps, with a stepped plinth, cross-gabled blind
tabernacle with cusped arches and steep gablets, surmounted by
a short arcaded shaft with crocketed pinnacle. The arch on the
east side contains carving depicting the crew rowing the boat
through heavy sea, below which is a memorial inscription
including a list of their names; the other arches contain
various inscriptions. See also the lifeboat monument at South
Promenade, St Annes. Forms group with church of St Cuthbert
(q.v.).
Listing NGR: SD3570327257
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