Jubilee(s) Obelisk - Main Road - Compton Abbas, Dorset
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N 50° 57.934 W 002° 11.289
30U E 557009 N 5646310
An obelisk near St Mary's church, Compton Abbas, commemorating the Jubilees of Queens Victoria (1887) and Elizabeth II (2012)
Waymark Code: WMWNTH
Location: South West England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 09/23/2017
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member greysman
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A short obelisk near St Mary's church, Compton Abbas, celebrating the Jubilees of Queens Victoria (1887) and Elizabeth II (2012).

Originally erected in 1887 to commemorate the Golden jubilee of Queen Victoria, with latter added plaque to commemorate the Diamond jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II in 2012.

The plaques read:
This column was erected
in memory of the
QUEEN'S JUBILEE
by the inhabitants of
Compton Abbas


and also:
who also commemorate
the Diamond Jubilee of
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
2012
Type of Historic Marker: Obelisk & plaques

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