Hoober Stand

Hoober Stand is a 30-metre-high tower and Grade II* listed building on a ridge in in northern England. It was designed by Henry Flitcroft for the Whig aristocrat Thomas Watson-Wentworth, Earl of Malton to commemorate the quashing of the 1745 Jacobite rebellion.
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  • Tower
  • …stands 98 feet (30 metres) tall
  • Description: tower in Wentworth, South Yorkshire, England, UK

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Needle’s Eye and The Rockingham Mausoleum.
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Needle's Eye is a 14-metre pyramid Grade II* listed… is situated 3,800 feet west of Hoober Stand.
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, , near … is situated 1 mile south of Hoober Stand.
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is a monument, which is situated 1 mile southwest of Hoober Stand.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Wentworth and Abdy.
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is a village and civil parish in the…
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is a hamlet in , England.
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is a former mining village in the district, in , England. is situated 2 miles northeast of Hoober Stand.

Hoober Stand

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Latitude
53.48205° or 53° 28′ 55″ north
Longitude
-1.38748° or 1° 23′ 15″ west
Open location code
9C5WFJJ7+R2
Open­Street­Map ID
way 669331971
Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
man_made=­tower
Wiki­data ID
Q5897380

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In Other Languages

From Bengali to Urdu—“Hoober Stand” goes by many names.
  • Bengali: “হুবার”
  • Chinese: “胡伯斯坦”
  • French: “Hoober”
  • German: “Hoober Stand”
  • Gujarati: “હૂબર સ્ટેન્ડ”
  • Japanese: “フーバー”
  • Kannada: “ಹೂಬರ್ ಸ್ಟ್ಯಾಂಡ್”
  • Korean: “후버”
  • Lithuanian: “Huberas”
  • Portuguese: “Hoober Stand”
  • Russian: “Хубер-Стенд”
  • Spanish: “Hoober Stand”
  • Tamil: “ஹூபேர் ஸ்டான்ட்”
  • Telugu: “హుబర్ స్టాండ్”
  • Urdu: “ہووبیر اسٹینڈ”

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