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A bronze statue of a man in a frock coat leaning on a cane, standing on a large stone plinth with commemorative inscription.

Jonas Webb, Babraham

Statue of Jonas Webb, Babraham

History of Jonas Webb Babraham

A bronze statue of a man in a Victorian frock coat stands on a granite plinth in front of a knapped flint garden wall.

Jonas Webb, Babraham

Listed building:

Statue. Late C19. By Marochetti. Bronze on plain granite pedestal. Inscribed ‘Jonas Webb of Babraham, Born Nov 10 1796, Died Nov 10 1862. By Farmers and Friends in many lands’. Jonas Webb was noted for breeding Babraham Southdown sheep which achieved an international reputation. He lived at Church Farmhouse, Babraham.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonas_Webb

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