Churchill, Oxfordshire - Memorials

Memorials

  • A monolith made of stone found in nearby Sarsden Wood, erected in 1891 by the 3rd Earl of Ducie to commemorate William Smith.
  • A memorial fountain, erected in 1870 by Julia, Countess of Ducie, to her father, James Haughton Langston. Jennifer Sherwood described this fountain as: "Memorably ugly. A squat, square tower with obelisks and flying buttresses carrying a dumpy spire. The water drips from a rude spout at the side."
  • The village War Memorial.

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