Spilsby, Franklin Monument 1956
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Dominating the Market Place is this dignified bronze statue, erected in 1861, of Sir John Franklin, the arctic explorer, born in Spilsby in 1786. His last expedition found the North–West Passage around the north of Canada, but Franklin and his crews died in 1847 when his ships, 'Erebus' and 'Terror', were trapped in the Arctic ice.
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