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Description: | A canopied tomb in the Decorated Gothic style with a carved recumbent figure of the saintly-looking heroine holding a stone oar by her side. Carved relief sea weed forms the decoration under the mattress on which she lies. The tomb has three arches supported by metal colonettes and is topped by metal finials. Additional Information: Grace Darling (1815-42) was the daughter of the keeper of the new lighthouse on Longstone in the Farne Islands. She shot to national fame after her courageous exploits in the early hours of 7th September 1838 when she and her father rowed half a mile through stormy seas to rescue nine survivors of the wreck of the paddle steamer, Forfarshire.(1) There are several monuments to her in Bamburgh including a stained glass window in St Aidan's church, plaques on the wall of cottages in the village where she was born and died of consumption in 1842, and the Grace Darling Museum, erected in 1938 which includes in its collections the 21 foot coble used in the rescue. | Subjects: | Other | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Architect: Wilson, Frederick Richard Architect: Hicks and Charleswood Sculptor: Smith, C. Raymond | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=7529... | Go to resource |
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