A tall, ornate stone memorial stands in a wide town square beside a row of Victorian buildings, with a horse-drawn cart nearby.

Clarkson’s Memorial & Post Office, Wisbech

Clarkson’s Memorial, Wisbech

History of Clarkson's Memorial

A black and white printed page features a drawing of a man standing before a stone obelisk, with text about Thomas Clarkson.

Urbs Camboritum, Thomas Clarkson

Wikipedia extract:

The Clarkson Memorial in Wisbech, Isle of Ely, Cambridgeshire, England commemorates Thomas Clarkson (1760 – 1846), a central figure in the campaign against the slave trade in the British empire, and a former native of Wisbech. It dates from 1880 – 1881 and is a Grade II* listed building.

The memorial consists of a statue mounted on a platform. Above this, rises a canopy, in the form of a spire. The whole structure is 68 feet (20.6 m) high. On three of the four sides are carved bas-reliefs, representing William Wilberforce and Granville Sharp, both prominent figures in the campaign against the slave trade, and a manacled slave in a beseeching attitude. The fourth side bears an inscription to the memory of Clarkson.

A wide street scene in Wisbech features a tall, ornate stone memorial spire in the centre, surrounded by historic buildings.

Bridge Street, Wisbech, 1885 (Poulton’s)

A tall ornate memorial stands in a cobblestone square next to a row of commercial buildings on a clear early twentieth-century day.

Post office and Clarkson’s memorial, Wisbech c.1900

A tinted postcard view of a tall, stone, gothic-style memorial standing in a town square surrounded by multi-story buildings.

Clarkson Memorial, Wisbech (MoC543/74)

The reverse side of an old postcard featuring cursive handwriting, a postage stamp, and a Cambridge and County Museum stamp.

Clarkson Memorial, Wisbech (MoC543/74)

A tall, ornate stone memorial stands in a cobblestone town square surrounded by historic buildings and shops with awnings.

Clarkson Memorial, c.1910 (Frith)

Building dates

Built 1880–1881

Source for this date

Built 1880–1881: Listed building: 1880 – 1881

Projects

Wisbech

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