Title:

Lord Protector

Military Rank:

General

First Name:

Oliver

Last Name:

Cromwell

Memorial Type:

Memorial - Plaque

Does the monument still exist?

Yes

Installation Date:

2000

Inscription:

His greatest delight was to read men rather than books

Allegiance:

Parliamentarian

Condition:

Poor

Condition Description:

Some of the white infill of the incised lettering is missing and the stone plaque is damaged

Memorial Notes:

It is a quotation from Samuel Carrington's biography of Cromwell published in 1659.
The engraved stones trail was created as a permanent memorial to mark the quatercentenary of Cromwell's birth, commissioned in 1999 and installed in 2000. The trail was commissioned by Huntingdonshire District Council and the stones created by David Kindersley. Each stone has a quotation about Oliver Cromwell selected by Professor John Morrill. A leaflet with a detailed explanation of each quotation was produced, see https://www.huntingdonfirst.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/0614-CROMWELL-TRAIL-AUG-2010-WEB-LO-RES.pdf