Subject(s): Harry Clasper Sport: Rowing Location: St Mary's Churchyard, Whickham, Newcastle Unveiled: 1871 Sculptor: George Burn Material: Stone Status: In Situ Inscription(s): Inscribed on plinth: BENEATH THIS MONUMENT, REARED TO HIS MEMORY, BY THE ARDENT AFFECTION OF HIS FRIENDS AND ADMIRERS FROM EVERY CLASS, AND FROM ALL PARTS OF THE KINGDOM, AND IN THIS SACRED SPOT COMMANDING A FULL VIEW OF THE NOBLE RIVER, THE WELL LOVED SCENE OF FORMER TRIUMPHS, REST THE MORTAL REMAINS OF HENRY (HARRY) CLASPER, THE ACCOMPLISHED OARSMAN AND BOAT BUILDER, OF DERWENTHAUGH, WHO DIED JULY 12TH 1870, AGED 58 YEARS. KNOW YE NOT THAT THEY WHICH RUN IN A RACE RUN ALL, BUT ONE RECEIVETH THE PRICE, SO RUN THAT YE MAY OBTAIN, 1 COR IX, 24. G.BURN.M.S.A. Links: None