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Old photos of Blakes Memorial Garden

These are a couple of old photos and pictures of Blakes Memorial Garden.

Thomas Blakes Memorial Gardens
The Wye from Thomas Blakes Memorial Gardens, Ross-on-Wye (no. RS110)
[Published: F. Frith & Co Ltd.]
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The Blake Memorial Garden was built by the town to commemorate the life of Thomas Blake, who was a major benefactor to the town, after his death in 1901 and was completed by 1908.


Blake did many things for the Town including saving the Prospect for the Town, contributing a large amount of money for the building of a new Baptist Chapel on Broad Street and providing a fresh water supply to the town.

Blakes Memorial, Ross
Blake's Memorial, Ross (no. 78)
[Published: H. E. Wilkins]
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Ross, Blake Garden
Ross, Blake Garden (no. 67713)
[Published: Friths]
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This postcard shows the step that lead from the Hope and Anchor up to the top of Wye Street.




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1 Ross-on-Wye for Health, Scenery, Sport and Equable Climate - Published by the Ross Improvement and Publicity Society & printed by Ross Gazette Ltd.
2 The Pubs of Ross & South Herefordshire by Heather Hurley published by Logaston Press


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