Queen Anne's Obelisk
📍 BarnsleySouth Yorkshire
A stone obelisk dated 1734, raised by Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Strafford, in honour of Queen Anne on the edge of the Wentworth Castle estate. It stands in a private field, but a public footpath from
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A stone obelisk dated 1734, raised by Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Strafford, in honour of Queen Anne on the edge of the Wentworth Castle estate. It stands in a private field, but a public footpath from Rockley Road passes close by and it is easy to see from the path and road.
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