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Ripon Obelisk

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notes "In the middle of it stands a curious column of stone, imitating the obelisks of the ancients, though not so high, but rather like the pillar in the middle of
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was added soon afterwards, which misleadingly implies that William was the builder of the monument.
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Hawksmoor may have been inspired by recent discoveries that Ripon might have originally been a
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Sir John Vanbrugh and Landscape Architecture in Baroque England, 1690–1730
35: 71: 63: 32: 43: 15: 66:and was first listed in 1949. It is located in the 92:A Tour Through the Whole Island of Great Britain 70:of Ripon, one of the smallest settlements in 8: 54:and constructed in 1702 with the support of 271:Grade I listed buildings in North Yorkshire 261:Monuments and memorials in North Yorkshire 199:Ridgway, Christopher; Williams, Robert. 194:The English Urban Renaissance Revisited 134: 196:. Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2018. 109:In 1781 the monument was restored by 7: 24:Historic monument in Ripon, England 152:National Heritage List for England 14: 206:Taylor, Maurice; Stride, Alan. 117:was added in the style of the 1: 78:. It stands at around eighty 276:Nicholas Hawksmoor buildings 210:. Amberley Publishing, 2011. 292: 187:Sculpture and the Garden 62:. It has been granted 21: 50:. It was designed by 38:in the centre of the 19: 232:54.13634°N 1.52373°W 60:Member of Parliament 266:Obelisks in England 228: /  147:"Obelisk (1315492)" 89:. In his 1724 book 20:The Obelisk in 2011 237:54.13634; -1.52373 208:Ripon Through Time 189:. Routledge, 2017. 52:Nicholas Hawksmoor 22: 283: 243: 242: 240: 239: 238: 233: 229: 226: 225: 224: 221: 185:Eyres, Patrick. 173: 170: 164: 163: 161: 159: 143:Historic England 139: 119:Ripon hornblower 111:William Aislabie 48:Northern England 291: 290: 286: 285: 284: 282: 281: 280: 246: 245: 236: 234: 230: 227: 222: 219: 217: 215: 214: 203:. Sutton, 2000. 182: 177: 176: 171: 167: 157: 155: 141: 140: 136: 131: 25: 12: 11: 5: 289: 287: 279: 278: 273: 268: 263: 258: 248: 247: 212: 211: 204: 197: 190: 181: 178: 175: 174: 165: 133: 132: 130: 127: 64:Grade I status 42:settlement of 23: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 288: 277: 274: 272: 269: 267: 264: 262: 259: 257: 254: 253: 251: 244: 241: 209: 205: 202: 198: 195: 192:Hinks, John. 191: 188: 184: 183: 179: 169: 166: 154: 153: 148: 144: 138: 135: 128: 126: 124: 120: 116: 112: 107: 105: 104:Lincoln's Inn 102:, or that in 101: 100:Covent Garden 97: 94: 93: 88: 83: 81: 77: 73: 69: 68:market square 65: 61: 57: 56:John Aislabie 53: 49: 45: 41: 37: 34: 30: 29:Ripon Obelisk 18: 213: 207: 200: 193: 186: 180:Bibliography 168: 158:24 September 156:. Retrieved 150: 137: 108: 96:Daniel Defoe 90: 84: 28: 26: 235: / 115:weathervane 82:in height. 76:city status 250:Categories 220:54°08′11″N 172:Hinks p.44 129:References 87:Roman town 58:, Ripon's 223:1°31′25″W 40:Yorkshire 74:to have 36:monument 72:England 33:obelisk 123:plaque 31:is an 256:Ripon 44:Ripon 160:2022 121:. A 80:feet 27:The 106:". 46:in 252:: 149:. 145:. 162:.

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obelisk
monument
Yorkshire
Ripon
Northern England
Nicholas Hawksmoor
John Aislabie
Member of Parliament
Grade I status
market square
England
city status
feet
Roman town
A Tour Through the Whole Island of Great Britain
Daniel Defoe
Covent Garden
Lincoln's Inn
William Aislabie
weathervane
Ripon hornblower
plaque
Historic England
"Obelisk (1315492)"
National Heritage List for England
54°08′11″N 1°31′25″W / 54.13634°N 1.52373°W / 54.13634; -1.52373
Categories
Ripon
Monuments and memorials in North Yorkshire

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