Bembridge
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| Location | On the north side of Embankment Road just to the west of the junction with Beach Road. |
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| Inscription | TO
THE MEMORY OF
THE REVEREND
JAMES NELSON PALMER
M.A.OXFORD
LATE RECTOR OF YAVERLAND
ISLE OF WIGHT
PAST GRAND CHAPLAIN OF ENG.
UNITED GRAND LODGE OF FREEMASONS
PAST GRAND SOJOURNER OF ENG.
ROYAL ARCH MASONRY
MEMBER OF THE
ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON
RULING COUNCILLOR OF
PRIMROSE LEAGUE BEMBRIDGE
HONORARY SECRETARY
OF THE LIFEBOAT INSTITUTION
BEMBRIDGE
AND MEMBER OF
MANY OTHER INSTITUTIONS
THIS MONUMENT WAS ERECTED BY
HIS WIDOW, FRIENDS AND RESIDENTS
OF THE ISLE OF WIGHT
IN TESTIMONY OF THE REGARD
ENTERTAINED FOR HIM
IN HIS MANY GOOD WORKS |
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| Inscription | THIS
FOUNTAIN WAS UNVEILED
BY
THE RT HONBLE
LORD ALVERSTONE
G.C. M.C.
LORD CHIEF JUSTICE OF ENGLAND
ON THE 11TH OF AUGUST 1910
TO PERPETUATE THE MEMORY OF
THE REVEREND
JAMES NELSON PALMER
M.A. OXFORD
BORN JULY 3RD 1832
DIED AT BEMBRIDGE SEPT 7TH 1908 |
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| MDFCTA number |
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| Type and size | Fountain special design |
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| Original location | Outside the Royal Spithead Hotel. |
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| Date erected | 11 August 1910 |
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| Comments | The Palmer Memorial is in memory of the Rev. James Nelson Palmer who was appointed Curate of the Yaverland parish in 1879, late becoming Rector there, and retiring to Bembridge in 1891.
Following his death in 1908, the Palmer Memorial was erected providing both horse troughs, for the horses, and drinking fountains, for their riders.
The memorial originally stood in front of the Royal Spithead Hotel (demolished 1989, site redeveloped as Solent Landing) and was unveiled by Lord Alverstone on 11 August 1910.
This is not an MDFCTA fountain and has been included for completeness only. |
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