“The 1970 “Black Sabbath” World Tour included a date at the Jephson Gardens Pavilion on 17 May 1970” – Wikipedia
The Jephson Memorial composition isn’t in any way a tribute to Black Sabbath or the cover of the Ocean Colour Scene album Moseley Shoals? These are just incidental events that have occurred around the Jephson Memorial.
The Jephson Memorial, with a statue of Dr Henry Jephson on a plinth within the circular, domed temple. 1848-1849. Temple by DG Squirill, statue by Peter Hollins. Carrara marble statue on a Sicilian marble pedestal in a sandstone ashlar temple with lead roof and cast-iron grill and a rustic plinth.
The Jephson Gardens
If you ever get a chance to visit Queen Victoria’s favourite town of Royal Leamington Spa, please do. You won’t regret it. Leamington Spa is a beautiful, bohemian mix of the old town and new, connected directly to the historic town of Warwick by the River Leam.
The historic old town was built around the tourist trade brought by the popularity of the Spa waters and the Pump Room baths. Leamington has also been voted the best place to live in the Midlands.
Queen Victoria
It was Queen Victoria’s frequent visits that gave the name ‘Royal’ to Leamington Spa. A statue has been erected in her memory on the Parade, outside the magnificent Town Hall.
It’s all Folly
I grew up playing in the Jephson Gardens. Most of the kids I grew up with, and most of the adults, for that matter, did not know what the strange mini-temple-like Folly was. Not until I was older did I decide to find out. On my recent return to Royal Leamington Spa, I decided it would be a good idea to pay my respects to Dr Henry Jephson, to whom the memorial was dedicated as a lasting and fitting tribute.
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