Windermere Ownership - Bowness, UK
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member dtrebilc
N 54° 21.743 W 002° 55.378
30U E 505005 N 6023844
This metal plaque attached to a stone on the promenade next to Windermere lake at Bowness, records how benefactor Alderman Leigh Groves helped Windermere Urban District Council acquire rights to Windermere lake.
Waymark Code: WMMPMJ
Location: North West England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 10/20/2014
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member MeerRescue
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The text on the plaque reads as follows.
WINDERMERE (EXCEPT THE ISLANDS THEREIN) CERTAIN PARTS
OF THE FORESHORE THEREOF, INCLUDING LAND IN BOWNESS
BAY AND WATERHEAD BAY, AND CERTAIN RIGHTS IN RESPECT
THEREOF, WERE ACQUIRED BY THE URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL
OF WINDERMERE ON THE 5TH DAY OF APRIL, 1939, THROUGH
THE GENEROSITY OF HENRY LEIGH GROVES OF HOLEHIRD,
WINDERMERE, TO COMMEMORATE HIS YEAR OF OFFICE (1938-9)
AS HIGH SHERIFF OF WESTMORLAND AND TWENTY FIVE YEARS
MEMBERSHIP OF THE SAID COUNCIL.
Type of Historic Marker: Metal plaque attached to a stone boulder

Historical Marker Issuing Authority: Windermere Urban District Council

Age/Event Date: 04/05/1939

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