Dialect Writers Memorial, Broadfield Park, Rochdale

Erected on stylobate of local stone. The square pedestal was of red Peterhead granite. On its four sides were the tributes to the four dialect writers; Edwin Waugh, ...the inscriptions provided details of the place and dates of the birth and death of the four writers, and lines from their writings. The chosen writers for the four sides of the monument were Oliver Ormerod (1811-79), Margaret Rebecca Lahee (1831-95), John Trafford Clegg (1857-95), and Edwin Waugh (1819-90). The location was the slopes of Broadfield Park overlooking the town centre, and it was completed in 1900.

Sculpture             John Cassidy

Reference           Public Monuments and Sculpture Association