Queen Victoria (1819–1901) Jubilee Stone
Queen Victoria (1819–1901) Jubilee Stone
Queen Victoria (1819–1901) Jubilee Stone
Queen Victoria (1819–1901) Jubilee Stone
Queen Victoria (1819–1901) Jubilee Stone
Queen Victoria (1819–1901) Jubilee Stone
Queen Victoria (1819–1901) Jubilee Stone
Queen Victoria (1819–1901) Jubilee Stone
Queen Victoria (1819–1901) Jubilee Stone
Queen Victoria (1819–1901) Jubilee Stone

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The boulder was deposited by a glacier and discovered 12 feet below the surface when Sadberge reservoir was being constructed between 1886 and 1889 for the Stockton and Middlesbrough Water Board. It was placed on the village green to commemorate the Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria in 1887.
Title

Queen Victoria (1819–1901) Jubilee Stone

Date

1887

Medium

stone & metal

Measurements

H 150 x W 90 x D 120 cm;
Plinth: H 140 x W 140 x D 10 cm

Accession number

DL2_HJC_S008

Acquisition method

gifted by William Alexander Wooler JP of Sadberge Hall

Work type

Sign or marker

Owner

Sadberge Parish Council

Custodian

Sadberge Parish Council

Work status

extant

Access

at all times

Inscription description

incised letters on metal plaque: THIS STONE WAS PLACED HERE TO COMMEMORATE THE JUBILEE OF / VICTORIA / QUEEN OF THE UNITED KINGDOM / EMPRESS OF INDIA AND COUNTESS OF SADBERGE / JUNE 20TH 1887 / It was found 12 feet below the surface in making the Reservoir. / It had been detached from the rock in the West and deposited by a Glacier. / SET by W A WOOLER, ESQ, J.P

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Located at

Village Green, Sadberge, Darlington

DL2 1SB

On the Village Green at the crossroads of Church View/Darlington Road and Middleton Road/Hill House Lane.