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Description: | Triangular obelisk tapering to a conical point, set on a curved triangular plinth. Narrow heavy iron door, heavily studded on one side of plinth, above it a winged stone ball covered by a stone cornice. A cannon on a wooden carriage points its barrel to the northwest. Additional Information: The Duke of Wellington. Following his victory over the French at Talavera in 1809 in the Peninsula War, Arthur Wellesley was enobled and had to select a title. Wellesley was overseas so his brother William chose one for him - Wellington - a town that Arthur had never been to. Arthur bought two estates in Wellington with the £100,000 Parliament had voted him. Wellington only visited the town once on 28th September 1819. | Subjects: | Obelisk | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Designer: Lee, T. | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=6809... | Go to resource |
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