128. ill. Au<;., 1917.]
NOTES AND QUERIES.
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" The | ' Eliza Fernley ' | Presented by John Fernley | Esquire, of Birkdale, | 1874, saved | the crews of 9 vessels I numbering 52 lives. | This lifeboat was capsized | in a gale, Dec. 9-10, 1886, | when 14 of her heroic | crew were drowned. | She was replaced by the | Mary Anna, 1886. | J. A. Robinson, Hon. Treasr. | G. A. Pilkington, Hon. Sec. | Charles Hodge, Coxswain." (W. side.)
"The 'Rescue' | built by Public Subscription | 1840, saved | the crews of 20 vessels, | numbering 175 lives : j besides which 15 ships with | their crews % were assisted (to different ports. (The 4 Jessie Knowles ' | presented by James Knowles | Esquire, of Bolton, | 1861, saved | the crews of 9 vessels, | numbering 75 lives. | Admiral Barton, Hon. Sec. | Wm. Rockliff, Coxswain 32 years."
The above inscriptions, &c., of the South- port memorials were kindly furnished by Mr. F. H. Chestham. I have also to thank Mr. Cheetham and Mr. E. G. Bayford for other valued help. I am particularly desirous of obtaining copies of the inscrip- tions on the Lifeboat Memorials at St. Anne's and Lytham.
LOCAL WORTHIES.
THOMAS HARLEY.
Kingsgate, Kent. -Here was erected by Henry, Lord Holland, a tower in memory of Harley. It consists of a round flint building on a brick base enclosed by a square outwork of flint with chalk angles. On the face of the tower is this inscription :
This Tower was built
to the honour of
Thomas
Harley
Lord Mayor of London in the year of our Lord 1768. Justum & tenacem propositi virum Non civium ardor prava jubentium Mente quatit solida.
(See 8 S. vii. 448, 518 ; viii. 214.)
HENRY BRIGHT.
Leamington. At the commencement of Holly Walk, and a little to the south of the Town Hall, is an obelisk of red granite rising from a square stone base containing a drinking fountain. On the west side is inscribed :
Erected
by public subscription
to record the services of
Alderman Henry Bright
to whose untiring exertions
this town is chiefly indebted
for its supply of
pure water."
On the opposite side is the date 1880.
EDWARD WILLES.
Leamington. In the Jephson Gardens, a short distance from the principal entrance, and in the centre of the main path, is an obelisk of grey granite standing on a square base raised on three steps. It is inscribed :
Erected in honour of Edward Willes Esquire
of Newbold Comyn
to whom Leamington is indebted
for the site of these gardens.
On two sides are displayed the crest-^-A falcon, wings expanded, belled and the date 1875. The two other sides contain shields of arms as follows : ( 1 ) A chevron between three mullets (Willes) ; (2) the same, impaling On a fesse between three falcons, wings displayed, belled, a leopard's face between two mullets (Stonhouse).
In Holly Walk, about the centre of a piece of ground between Hamilton Terrace and Regent Grove, stands a square stone pillar now bearing a lamp on its summit. On the north side is the following inscrip- tion, fast becoming obliterated :
These trees were
preserved by
Edward Willes Esq.
of Newbold Comyn
at the request of
Mr. and Mrs. Williams
who by their spirit
and industry
character & conduct
raised &
established
the
Regent Hotel.
HENRY JEPHSON.
Leamington. The chief glory of Leaming- ton of the present day is its Jephson Gar- dens, first opened to the public under this name in 1846. They were formerly known as the Newbold Wood Walks, and were vested in trustees for the good of the town by their munificent owner, the late Edward Willes, Esq., of Newbold Comyn (see above). Owing to the great popu- larity of Dr. Jephson, known familiarly as the " Father of Leamington," whose gener- ous help of, and keen interest in, the town were at the time proverbial, these gardens were not only named after him, but his statue was erected therein. It is of heroic size, and fashioned in white marble, the work of Mr. Peter Hollins of Birmingham, being placed in a circular domed temple of the Corinthian order, supported on eight columns. The statue cost 1,OOOZ. and the
