The Border Farmer - The Square, Church Street, Oswestry, Shropshire, England, UK
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Here is a memorial to the 'border farmer' by Ivor Roberts Jones.
Waymark Code: WMCFJK
Location: West Midlands, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 09/02/2011
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Here is a memorial to the 'border farmer' by Ivor Roberts Jones.. This is a bronze cast memorial on a mound of rocks secured by concrete. The figure is in a flat cap, a long coat and holds a sheep back behind a stick, a classic figure of the old Welsh/English farmer, and a nod to the strong farming tradition in the border region of Denbighshire/Shropshire/Wrexham.
The Plaque reads:-
The Borderland Farmer
by
Ivor Roberts Jones
C.B.E R.A
Born Oswestry 2nc Nov 1913
Commissioned by Oswestry Borough Council
Name or use 'Unknown' if not known: The Border Farmer
Figure Type: Human
Artist Name or use 'Unknown' if not known: Ivor Roberts Jones C.B.E R.A
Date created or placed or use 'Unknown' if not known: 1995
Materials used: Bronze and Rock
Location: The Square, Church Street
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