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The Long Monument

Other memorial · Etchilhampton, Wiltshire

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    Plaque. Photo: Brian Robert Marshall, CC BY-SA 2.0

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Etchilhampton, Wiltshire
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Inscription

Qui colere coluntur An. Dom. 177[?] This Monument from a general Senfe of Gratitude was erected to the Memory of JAMES LONG Late of Wedhampton Efq. Whofe publick Spirit & Benevolence which he ever exercifed for the fervice of Mankind were remarkably exerted in planning promoting & compleating this New Road An. Dom. 1768. By which A former tedious & dangerous Way over the adjacent Hill is avoided In the great Pleafure and convenience of Travellers. In Recto Decus.

The name (1)

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  1. James Long Esq

    JAMES LONG

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    The Long Monument (Etchilhampton, Wiltshire, United Kingdom), Plaque, line 1, "JAMES LONG"; automatically extracted from a photograph, not yet checked; Past on Stone (https://pastonstone.com/name/2207/ : accessed 9 November 2026).

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    Read from: File:Dedication on the monument to James Long A342 south-east of Devizes - geograph.org.uk - 592066.jpg

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