Gravestone to Richard Barlow, Layton Cemetery, Talbot Road, Layton
Location/Address
None recorded
Type
Other site, structure or landscape
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Description
The headstone is carved with depictions of cricket stumps and bats with the epitaph ‘Bowled at last’.
Statement of Significance
Age
1919Historic Interest
White marble headstone to Richard ‘Dick’ Barlow (b.1851), a prominent test cricketer, who died on 31st July 1919. The inscription notes that until that date no other cricketer had had such a successive career, including playing for Lancashire and England and being an umpire. Barlow was also immortalised in the poem ‘At Lords’ by Francis Thompson.
Date Listed
n/a
Last Updated
17 Jan 2022
Find Out More
Find out more about this Asset in Lancashire Local List:
https://local-heritage-list.org.uk/lancashire/asset/8596
https://local-heritage-list.org.uk/lancashire/asset/8596