Hartshead Pike
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Hartshead Pike is a hill in Tameside in Greater Manchester, England, and its name is associated with the monument on its summit. It overlooks Ashton-under-Lyne, Mossley, Saddleworth, Lees and Oldham.
Hartshead Pike seen from Ashton-under-Lyne
The tower on Hartshead Pike
Hartshead Pike Inscription
Hartshead Pike showing detail of stone well.
Edward VII
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Edward VII was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 22 January 1901 until his death in 1910.
Hartshead Pike
…steeply pitched conical roof above corbelled eaves and dormer roof lights. The tower was rebuilt in 1863 by John Eaton to commemorate the marriage of Albert Edward to Princess Alexandra, replacing a building that had been there since 1751. An inscription stone reused in the tower states "This Pike Was Rebuilt By…
Formal portrait, c. 1900s
The Christening of the Prince of Wales in St. George's Chapel, Windsor, 25 January 1842
Portrait of Edward by Franz Xaver Winterhalter, 1846
Edward and his entourage at Niagara Falls, 1860