Memorial to Isaac Jackson, St Mary's Church, Ovingham
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Description
"Memorial to Isaac Jackson (1796-1862) located in churchyard c30 yards south of Church of St. Mary http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2100683 The monument is Grade II Listed http://www.heritagegateway.org.uk/Gateway/Results_Single.aspx?resourceID=5&uid=1370470 The inscription reads: In memory of Isaac Jackson of Wylam A man of singular integrity and simplicity of character and of great mechanical ingenuity Lead plate on right return says: Isaac Jackson, original inventor of the double 3-legged gravity escapement made for a clock for Rbt. Stephenson in 1857. There's some information about Isaac Jackson here: http://heddonhistory.weebly.com/1/post/2013/10/tale-of-the-model-steam-locomotive-at-close-house.html" Photo by Andrew Curtis, 2013. -
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License
What does this mean? Creative Commons License
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Further information
Link: http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3684214
Resource type: Image
Added by: Simon Cotterill
Last modified: 6 years, 3 months ago
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Picture Taken: 2013-10-04 -
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