Rail Worker’s Monument, Shap

A monument commemorating the deaths of rail workers during the construction of the Shap section of the Lancaster and Carlisle Railways in the 1840’s, is to be found in the church yard to the North of the building near the main gate.
Completed in 1846, the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway over Shap stands as perhaps the [...]

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