Gallery - Contents - Over The Years

The following is a chronological selection of photographs and illustrations covering 150+ years since the building of the Monument.

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Hoad Hill prior to 1850 - before the Monument		Early Engraving of Parish Church and Monument (very faint)


Building the beacon bonfire on Hoad Hill for Queen Victoria's diamond jubilee in 1897		Monument - circa 1875


Monument from the Canal 1906		Monument from Ford Park - postcard 1907
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Monument with posing children - 1908		Monument from Ford Park - postcard unknown date


Monument from NW - prior to 1920		Siddeley motor car assent of Hoad Hill, 435ft - 1926
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Monument from the canal feeder footpath		Queen Victoria Jubilee bonfire construction (####)


Illuminated Monument - Early 1990's		Another Floodlit view c 1998 (#)


Hoad Hill Grand Egg Rolling Event (##)		"The Pepperpot"
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Enjoying a Glorious Summer Day (##)		The Monument in Winter (##)


A Summer's Day 2004 (###)


Photos kindly provided by Les Tallon (#), Jayne Kendall (##), Richard Saunders (###), Jennifer Snell(####)