Cholera Monument Grounds and Clay Wood
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[[Image:Cholera Monument 27-04-06.jpg|right|150px|thumb|The Cholera Monument.]]
The '''Cholera Monument''' is a memorial in [[Sheffield]], [[England]] to the victims of a [[cholera]] [[epidemic]] of [[1832]]. 402 victims of the disease were buried in grounds between [[Park Hill, Sheffield|Park Hill]] and [[Norfolk Park]] adjoining Clay Wood. Money from the treasurers of the [[Board of Health]] was set aside for a monument for the site.
The monument was designed by [[M. E. Hadfield]], sculpted by [[Earp and Hobbs]] and completed in [[1835]]. It is a [[neo-Gothic]] [[pinnacle]] and has a [[Commemorative plaque|plaque]] naming John Blake, [[Master Cutler]] in 1832 and a victim of the epidemic and noting that the [[foundation stone]] was laid by [[poet]] [[James Montgomery]].
The monument is situated in gardens laid out around the monument in the 1850s and next to Clay Wood, an ancient woodland. These were given to the city by the [[Duke of Norfolk]] in [[1930]].
A shaded path built between 1971 and 1995 traverses the woods and leads from Fitzwalter Road to the monument gardens. The monument was struck by [[lightning]] in 1990 and the top removed for safety, rebuilding began in 2005 thanks to a grant and was completed in 2006.
A clay cobbled mound art installation was erected in 2004 representing the individuals who lost their lives.
The monument is [[grade II listed]], and the grounds are a [[conservation area]] which had received a [[Green Flag Award]].
==References==
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*[http://public-art.shu.ac.uk/sheffield/unk126.html Public Art in Sheffield]
*[http://www.sheffield.gov.uk/out--about/parks-woodlands--countryside/parks/a-z-city-and-district-parks/cholera-monument-grounds--clay-wood Cholera Monument Grounds & Clay Wood], [[Sheffield City Council]]
*''[[Pevsner]] Architectural Guides: Sheffield'', Ruth Harman and John Minnis
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