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Elephant and Castle, Peckforton

Elephant and Castle, Peckforton

by Alec and Val Scaresbrook


This unusual ornament in the private garden of Laundry Cottage was carved in the 1850s by a local stonemason, Mr Watson, who was working on Peckforton Castle at the time.


He used stone from the same quarry as the castle and set up the statue in his garden. When his cottage was demolished, the carving was moved to this site.


Why an elephant? A possible connection is that the family arms of the Corbetts, who owned Peckforton up to the 1620s, featured one. See the map below


Find this place marked in the centre of this map.

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  1 Pauline Peters    11 Feb 2010 19.24.40

As a little girl I remember my father telling me about this elephant and that a member of our family had worked on it. My maiden name was Edge and I am sure I had relatives in that area. Has anyone any information please.


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