Raikes Mausoleum
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We have spent this afternoon to the north of Welton, East Yorkshire in an area known as Welton Dale and more specifically within the Welton Dale Plantation.
I had heard of the existence of an old burial monument some years ago but thought it was in the area of Brantingham or South Cave but Paul had been before so today we went with Debbie and Kirsty in tow and armed with the camera.
Once we had parked the car we headed into the Welton Dale Plantation and soon came across a square brick built monument with iron railings surrounding it. On the stone slabs covering the structure was carved the names of those who had been buried within. It appears a number of burials had taken place within this monument and I recorded two orally using the voice record feature of my mobile phone. They are as follows:
We then headed further down the wooded slope to a circular structure called the Raikes Mausoleum.
Robert Raikes (1765-1837) was a Hull banker who lived at Welton Hall. He built the mausoleum for himself and his family in 1818. It is a fine classical building, cylindrical in form, with crisply cut detail. There are some fifty Georgian mausolea in England the majority of which are relatively plain rectangular structures with low-pitched roofs and pediments. The number of those which imitate the more unusual forms of ancient Roman tombs is far smaller. The Raikes mausoleum is one such and, for this reason, of particular interest.
Reference: The Mausolea and Monuments Trust
You will see from the following clipping of the Ordnance Survey Explorer Map 293 a reference to 'Squareum' shown south west of the Mausoleum. I have searched Google, Yahoo and MSN for any information on a Squareum but with no result. This evening we returned to Welton Dale to try and locate the Squareum but after trying various locations we found nothing. Any information on this Squareum would be much appreciated.
Reference Material:
Raikes Mausoleum Photo Gallery
Google Earth KMZ File
Raikes_Mausoleum.kmz
I had heard of the existence of an old burial monument some years ago but thought it was in the area of Brantingham or South Cave but Paul had been before so today we went with Debbie and Kirsty in tow and armed with the camera.
Once we had parked the car we headed into the Welton Dale Plantation and soon came across a square brick built monument with iron railings surrounding it. On the stone slabs covering the structure was carved the names of those who had been buried within. It appears a number of burials had taken place within this monument and I recorded two orally using the voice record feature of my mobile phone. They are as follows:
- Juila Ann, only daughter of the above Andrew Fitzgerald and Mary Reynolds born 1st April 1836, died 14th June 1923.
- In remembrance of James Henry Holden, late of Hull, who died 13th February 1881 and of Mary (Nee Reynolds) his beloved wife, died 24th December 1879.
We then headed further down the wooded slope to a circular structure called the Raikes Mausoleum.
Robert Raikes (1765-1837) was a Hull banker who lived at Welton Hall. He built the mausoleum for himself and his family in 1818. It is a fine classical building, cylindrical in form, with crisply cut detail. There are some fifty Georgian mausolea in England the majority of which are relatively plain rectangular structures with low-pitched roofs and pediments. The number of those which imitate the more unusual forms of ancient Roman tombs is far smaller. The Raikes mausoleum is one such and, for this reason, of particular interest.
Reference: The Mausolea and Monuments Trust
You will see from the following clipping of the Ordnance Survey Explorer Map 293 a reference to 'Squareum' shown south west of the Mausoleum. I have searched Google, Yahoo and MSN for any information on a Squareum but with no result. This evening we returned to Welton Dale to try and locate the Squareum but after trying various locations we found nothing. Any information on this Squareum would be much appreciated.
Reference Material:
Raikes Mausoleum Photo Gallery
Google Earth KMZ File
Raikes_Mausoleum.kmz
posted by Jon Fry at 10:37:00 PM
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The mausoleum is hard to find but can be located esp in the winter when the foliage is less dense. Follow the road from the farm towards Welton, at the bottom of the dip there is a gate to access the path to welton dale. walk along the path about 30 metres and then turn right up the hill (no path) - walk about 100m and you should see it. btw where did you park for sugarloaf tunnel?
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