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Monumental Effigy, from Hulme.

Carved in red sandstone. In relief; height 28 inches; base 19½ inches. Represents the head of a female with a coronal of braided hair; a similar mode of dressing is seen in the first illustration of Earwaker's Chester.

Now in Peel Park Museum, Salford.


Monumental Figure, from Hulme.

Of red sandstone. In relief, measuring 22 inches high by 18 inches wide at the base. The head has been broken off. Dr Colley March observes: "It may be a German Matrona, and so might well be 'standing, fully draped, and holding fruit.'"

Now in Peel Park Museum, Salford.