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ÊÊWant to make your OWN virtual tour panoramas? - click for details and "how to make panoramas" Greys Monument is a Grade 1 Listed monument to Charles Grey and was built in 1838 to commemorate the services to the country by Charles Earl Grey, who in the words of the inscription, "... DURING AN ACTIVE POLITICAL CAREER OF NEARLY HALF A CENTURY WAS THE CONSTANT ADVOCATE OF PEACE AND THE FEARLESS AND CONSISTENT CHAMPION OF CIVIL AND RELIGIOUS LIBERTY. HE FIRST DIRECTED HIS EFFORTS TO THE AMENDMENT OF THE REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE IN 1792, AND WAS THE MINISTER BY WHOSE ADVICE, AND UNDER WHOSE GUIDANCE, THE GREAT MEASURE OF PARLIAMENTARY REFORM WAS, AFTER AN ARDUOUS AND PROTRACTED STRUGGLE, SAFELY AND TRIUMPHANTLY ACHIEVED IN THE YEAR 1832." aka The Great Reform Act. MORE... |
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Map of Greys Monument Newcastle upon Tyne, England. Greys Monument is a Grade 1 Listed monument to Charles Grey and was built in 1838 to commemorate the services to the country by Charles Earl Grey, who in the words of the inscription, "... DURING AN ACTIVE POLITICAL CAREER OF NEARLY HALF A CENTURY WAS THE CONSTANT ADVOCATE OF PEACE AND THE FEARLESS AND CONSISTENT CHAMPION OF CIVIL AND RELIGIOUS LIBERTY. HE FIRST DIRECTED HIS EFFORTS TO THE AMENDMENT OF THE REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE IN 1792, AND WAS THE MINISTER BY WHOSE ADVICE, AND UNDER WHOSE GUIDANCE, THE GREAT MEASURE OF PARLIAMENTARY REFORM WAS, AFTER AN ARDUOUS AND PROTRACTED STRUGGLE, SAFELY AND TRIUMPHANTLY ACHIEVED IN THE YEAR 1832." aka The Great Reform Act. Greys Monument - Newcastle. Reviewed by Corinne. NEXT -> Hotels in and around Newcastle 5 Day, 10 Day, 15 Day long range weather forecast and current conditions for Greys Monument, Newcastle
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