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Title
Queen Victoria Jubilee Obelisk
Medium
stone
Accession number
SP7_PAL_S028
Work type
Obelisk
Owner
Compton Abbas Parish Council
Custodian
Compton Abbas Parish Council
Work status
extant
Unveiling date
1887
Access
at all times
Inscription description
shaft: 1837 / V. R. / 1887; plinth, upper: THIS COLUMN WAS ERECTED / IN MEMORY OF THE / QUEEN’S JULBILEE. / BY THE INHABITANTS OF / COMPTON ABBAS; plinth, lower: WHO ALSO COMMEMORATE THE DIAMOND JUBILEE OF / HER MAJESTY QUEEN ELIZABETH II / 2012