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Kay Monument, Inscription

This bronze plaque is beneath the relief portrait of John Kay on the north face of SD8010 : Kay Monument, Bury. The inscription reads: THE GIFT OF HENRY WHITEHEAD OF HASLAM HEY TO HIS NATIVE TOWN...

This bronze plaque is beneath the relief portrait of John Kay on the north face of SD8010 : Kay Monument, Bury. The inscription reads: THE GIFT OF HENRY WHITEHEAD OF HASLAM HEY TO HIS NATIVE TOWN TO PERPETUATE THE NAME AND FAME OF JOHN KAY OF BURY. WHOSE INVENTION IN THE YEAR 1733 OF THE FLY SHUTTLE QUADRUPLED HUMAN POWER IN WEAVING & PLACED ENGLAND IN THE FRONT RANK AS THE BEST MARKET IN THE WORLD FOR TEXTILE MANUFACTURES. HE WAS BORN IN BURY IN 1704, AND DIED IN EXILE AND POVERTY IN FRANCE, WHERE HE LIES IN AN UNKNOWN GRAVE. Kay Gardens and the Kay Monument were opened in April 1908. The monument, which was cleaned and refurbished in 2011, is a Grade II listed structure. (see also SD8010 : Kay Monument - Relief Portrait and SD8010 : Kay Monument (detail)) Link - John Cassidy, Manchester Sculpture Link - Cotton Times, The Life of John Kay

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