Hoad Monument

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Sir John Barrow Monument (colloquially known as The Hoad) is a 100-foot (30 m) tower at the top of the 436-foot (133 m) Hoad Hill, near Ulverston in Cumbria, England. It commemorates Sir John Barrow (1764–1848), who was born in Ulverston. It was built in 1850 at a cost of £1250, the cost being met mainly by public subscription. Sir John Barrow was a founding member of the Royal Geographical Society. He travelled to China and South Africa as a diplomat and held the post of Second Secretary to the Admiralty from 1804 until 1845.

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