Medal - George IV Holy Trinity Church

€408,752.00
LocationUnited Kingdom
Year1823
TypeCommemorative medals/Inauguration medal
CompositionBronze
Weight
Diameter63 mm
Thickness
ShapeRound
TechniqueMilled
Orientation
Edge
Period
NoticeJohn Ottley
Reference(s) BHM#1214
Obverse descriptionFaçade of Holy Trinity Church, Bordesley
Obverse letteringTRINITY CHAPEL BORDESLEY
Obverse scriptLatin
Reverse descriptionLegend
Reverse letteringTHIS CHAPEL WAS ERECTED BY HIS MAJESTYS COMMISSIONERS FOR BUILDING NEW CHURCHES UPON A SITE WHICH WITH TWO ADJOINING HOUSES AND BURIAL GROUND WAS PURCHASED AND FENCED BY VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS THE CEREMONIAL STONE WAS LAID BY THE RIGHT HONORABLE OTHER EARL OF PLYMOUTH ON THE 29th DAY OF SEPTEMBER A.D. 1820 AND THE CONSECRATION BY THE RIGHT REVEREND GEORGE HENRY LAW D.D. LORD BISHOP OF CHESTER TOOK PLACE ON THE 23 DAY OF JANUARY A.D. 1823 REVD. SAMUEL CRANE B.A. MINISTER FRANCIS GOODWIN ARCHITECT LONDON JOHN WALTHEW BUILDER BIRMINGHAM MESSRS. WETHERHEAD & Co IRONFOUNDERS DERBY THOMAS MOLE ESQR. HON SECRETARY.
Reverse scriptLatin
Engraver
MintageND (1823)  - -
Catalog ID6789546020
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