Handsworth Park Umbrella - Sites and Monuments Record

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Date:1888

Description:Presented by Austin B Lines in 1888.It may formerly have had a fountain inside. It is octagonal in plan and made of iron. Slender fluted shafts of
an Early English Gothic type support scalloped arches that each carry a roundel with a shield flanked by tracery. Above and behind rises an openwork dome surmounted by a four handled urn. Two of the shields both bear an inscription, the remainder have on them a pelican.

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Parks & Gardens Handsworth 1837 - 1900 (Victorian Period)

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Image courtesy of: BCC Planning/ Sites and Monuments Record , Local Studies and History Department

Donor ref:B'ham City Council/ LSH & Sites and Monuments (28/3771)

Source: BCC Planning/ Sites and Monuments Record , Local Studies and History Department

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