Peter Thomas
4th September 2020All power to the memory of STC. How he would rage against those who govern UK today!
Coleridge Memorial Statue
by Coleridge Memorial Trust in Ottery St. Mary, England, United Kingdom
We did it
On 5th September 2020 we successfully raised £20,915 ( + est. £3635.00
) with 81 supporters in 42 days
To honour England's great poet and thinker Samuel Taylor Coleridge with a memorial statue at Ottery St Mary church in the town of his birth.
by Coleridge Memorial Trust in Ottery St. Mary, England, United Kingdom
Tamas Lorinczy
4th September 2020As an Old Blue I am delighted to support this project! Thank you for the Coleridge Memorial Trust for its wonderful work.
Lewis John Trump
2nd September 2020My gt-gt-grandfather (Charles Gover) was born in Mill St in 1805 (married 20 May 1823). Although only a working man at the silk mill, he may well have known of Samuel.
David Pulvertaft
1st September 2020Supported with pleasure by David and Mary Rose Pulvertaft
Peter and Elizabeth Harrison
1st September 2020We are pleased to recognise the contribution of Samuel Taylor Coleridge to our literary heritage and also feel that, at this time, it is important to highlight his tireless campaigning against the slave trade.
Sally Johnson
1st September 2020For a very worthy cause & our lovely friend who happens to be an ancestor!
John Pilsworth
31st August 2020Come on guys we can do it for STC and Ottery St Mary!
Sue Scott
29th August 2020I love the idea of a memorial statue, I think it’s important that tourists calling to the town will be able to visit it.
Lyn Dawes
28th August 2020We are lucky that Coleridge lived and wrote and gave us the benefit of all his insight. A towering genius. We will not see his like again.
Gordon Bird
28th August 2020We are right behind it - great for the town.
Marjorie Stockley
25th August 2020All Nature seems at work. Slugs leave their lair The bees are stirring - birds are on the wing- And Winter, slumbering in the open air, Wears on his smiling face a dream of Spring! S.T. Coleridge The statue is in commemoration of one of the important sons of Ottery St Mary
Julie Rossi
22nd August 2020"And what if when you awoke you had the flower in your hand Ah, what then?"
Alannah Hopkin
20th August 2020Good to see this long-overdue memorial statue is finally coming to beautiful Ottery St Mary.
Frederick E F Price, MBE
18th August 2020On behalf of the Royal Society of Saint George, Madrid.
Philip German
18th August 2020A great poet, worthy of the highest praise
Frank Mc Guinness
18th August 2020The strangest, most lonely, most spaced of poets, adorable Coleridge
Coleridge Memorial Trust
16th August 2020Two payments have been made on behalf of: BJ Russ [£40], and Peter and Joyce Clarke [£100]
TRISTAN GOOLEY
15th August 2020Slowly and smoothly went the ship, Moved onward from beneath.
M Alan Wakefield
14th August 2020This is partly a birthday present contribution to local historian Christopher Wakefield - the author of the History of Coleridge. Good luck with the project from Surrey Branch !?? J and AW
Dominique
13th August 2020What a fitting memorial. How wonderful!
Sophie
13th August 2020What a great thing to do!
John Pilsworth
8th August 2020This donation came from Bob Greenwood, a friend of mine who wishes our crowdfunding every success.
Peter Lower
7th August 2020A pleasure to support this great poet.
Tania Coleridge
6th August 2020It will be lovely
James
6th August 2020Great idea!
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Rewards
This project offers rewards in return for your donation. Please select a reward below.
£100 or more
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£100 Reward
Your name will be inscribed in our 'Book of Donors' for permanent retention in St Mary's church. You will also receive the digital 'With Thanks'.
£10 or more
£10 Reward
A digital 'With Thanks' illustration acknowledging your donation to the Coleridge Memorial in 2020.
£20 or more
£20 Reward
A digital illustration of Grenville Gilbert's poem 'Hymn to STC' taken from his collection 'More Honest to God'. You will also receive the digital 'With Thanks'.
£20 or more
£20 Reward
A digital illustration of an extract from Coleridge's 'Frost at Midnight'. You will also receive the digital 'With Thanks'.
£40 or more
£40 Reward
A copy of the book 'Samuel Taylor Coleridge & Ottery St Mary - The poet and his native town' written by Chris Wakefield. You will also receive the digital 'With Thanks'.
£50 or more
1 of 12 claimed£50 Reward
1 of 12 20cm x 20cm canvas photo-prints of the sonnet 'Samuel Rolls a Barrel', written by local poet Mike Ferguson. You will also receive the digital 'With Thanks'.
£500 or more
2 of 20 claimed£500 Reward
1 of only 20 remaining from a limited edition of 250 Coleridge commemorative coins in a presentation case. This commemorative coin will have an additional certificate of appreciation by Lord Coleridge and Chairman Javeria Coleridge. Your name will be added to the 'Book of Donors', and you will also receive the digital 'With Thanks'.
£10,000 or more
1 of 9 claimed£10000 Reward
A statuette of the second maquette by sculptor Nicholas Dimbleby, cast in bronze and mounted on a wooden base and inscribed there with the sculptor's name and mark to identify it. Your name will be entered into our 'Book of Donors' for permanent retention in St Mary's church and you will also receive the digital 'With Thanks'.