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Dist:0.3km<br/>The octagonal folly tower in Rickerby Park, built by George Head Head
©Paul Brooker
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©Ian S
Dist:0.3km<br/>George Head, head of Rickerby Hall, had a passion for turrets and towers.
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Dist:0.5km<br/>A Folly Tower at Tower Farm in Rickerby Park
©Paul Brooker
Dist:0.5km<br/>An inscription above the front door reads "Boys' School 1835".
©Rose and Trev Clough
Dist:0.5km<br/>The unusually named George Head Head, owner of a Carlisle bank, lived here in the 19th century. The building later became Eden School, a state secondary that closed in 1993. It has since been converted to residential apartments.
©Rose and Trev Clough
Dist:0.5km<br/>This path segregated from the narrow Rickerby Lane by a hedge carries both Hadrian's Wall National Trail http://www.nationaltrail.co.uk/hadrianswall/ and Hadrian's Cycleway http://www.cycle-routes.org/hadrianscycleway/
©Oliver Dixon
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©Rose and Trev Clough
Dist:0.6km<br/>The inscription on the trough says "In grateful remembrance of Priscilla Hannah Johnston of The Beeches Rickerby and of her work for animals here and in distant lands. Erected by friends and neighbours 1913". Priscilla (1842-1912) was a remarkable woman who spent several years in the Balkans working with refugees. In Carlisle she continued with philanthropic work, and helped to set up the local branch of the RSPCA.
©Rose and Trev Clough
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©Oliver Dixon

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