Stoodley Pike
| Stoodley Pike | ||
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.jpg) View from the west from the valley |
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| height | 402 m ASL | |
| location | Northern england | |
| Mountains | Pennines | |
| Dominance | 2.4 km → Holder Stones | |
| Notch height | 35 m ↓ Withens Gate | |
| Coordinates | 53 ° 42 '48 " N , 2 ° 2' 29" W | |
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| Normal way | trail | |
| particularities | Monument with viewing platform | |
 View of the monument from the south |
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 Board at the entrance |
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Stoodley Pike is a 402 m high elevation in the southern Pennines in the northern English county of West Yorkshire . The exposed hill carries the widely visible Stoodley Pike Monument , a 37 m high obelisk with a viewing platform.
location
Stoodley Pike rises about 3 km east of the market town of Todmorden , in whose district it is located, and about the same distance southwest of the small town of Hebden Bridge . Both cities are located on the Rochdale Canal , which curves open to the south and half-circles the hill. Orographically , Stoodley Pike forms the northern branch of a nameless, up to 422 m high raised bog, from whose main part the Withens Gate saddle separates it.
The Pennine Way , which crosses the Calderdale Way at Withens Gate , leads over the elevation . Due to the given rights of way , Stoodley Pike is only accessible to the general public on foot.
monument
The foothills, which are not too conspicuous themselves, are mainly known for the striking monument on its northern tip. At first it was just called Stoodley Pike , just like the hill; later the official name of the monument was changed to Stoodley Pike Monument .
The monument commemorates the end of the coalition wars following the capitulation of Paris in 1814. Due to its exposed location in a curve on the upper eastern edge of the wide trough valley through which the Rochdale Canal runs, the monument is largely unmistakable from the west and north. It replaces an earlier building from 1815 with the same dedication, which collapsed after lightning damage in 1854, exactly when Britain entered the Crimean War .
The current monument, designed by the local architect James Green, was erected about 100 m northwest of the summit ( position ) at an altitude of 396 m and completed in 1856. It consists of a base with a 12-meter-high octagonal viewing platform, which can be reached from an entrance on the north side via a 39-step spiral staircase and surrounds the almost 37-meter-high brick, square obelisk , which is the real eye-catcher.
In 1889 a lightning rod was also installed during repair work . There has been no more lightning damage since then.
The monument stands since 2 April 1984 as a Grade II Listed building under monument protection .
inscription
The following slightly weathered inscription is located above the entrance, on the right a German translation:
| STOODLEY PIKE, A PEACE MONUMENT ERECTED BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION COMMENCED IN 1814 TO COMMEMORATE THE SURRENDER OF PARIS TO THE ALLIES AND FINISHED AFTER THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO WHEN PEACE WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1815. BY A STRANGE COINCIDENCE THE PIKE FELLIAN ON THE DAY LEFT LONDON BEFORE THE DECLARATION OF WAR WITH RUSSIA IN 1854. WAS REBUILT WHEN PEACE WAS RESTORED IN 1856 RESTORED AND LIGHTNING CONDUCTOR FIXED 1889 |
Stoodley Pike, a publicly funded peace memorial starting in 1814 to commemorate the surrender of Paris to the Allies and completed after the Battle of Waterloo, when peace was restored in 1815. By a strange coincidence, the memorial occurred on the day on which in 1854 the Russian ambassador left London before declaring war on Russia. Was rebuilt in 1856 when peace was restored. Repaired and fitted with a lightning rod in 1889. |
Individual evidence
- ↑ The entry on Historic England mentions minor changes to the entry on October 28, 2016 and May 30, 2017, as well as a reference to the previous name
- ↑ National Trail puts the height at 121 feet (= 36.88 m), Historic England at 120 feet (= 36.576 m)
- ↑ Entry in Historic England , accessed November 9, 2020
- ↑ According to some sources, BEACON ("Landmark"), but the 5th letter of the word is clearly legible as E on the photos on the text panel