
Scouting Marker - Market Square, Biggleswade, Bedfordshire, UK
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Dragontree
N 52° 05.205 W 000° 15.808
30U E 687483 N 5774220
Quick Description: This marker stone commemorates Scouting in Biggleswade.
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 11/1/2009 6:59:00 AM
Waymark Code: WM7JJC
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Long Description:It appears that the stone may have originally included a sundial
but all that remains is the plinth. There are several inscriptions
on the stone:
'Erected to commemorate the Jubilee year of scouting and
centenary of the birth of Baden Powell by Biggleswade and district
boy scouts local association 1857-1907-1957.'
'The year of The Scout 1907-1982.'
'Biggleswade scouting 1909-2009.'
The stone is in the centre of Biggleswade near the war
memorial.