Photograph of the Monument to Sir Francis Lycett

Photograph of the Monument to Sir Francis Lycett
Photograph of the Monument to Sir Francis Lycett
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1950-2000 / B/W / Leysian Mission / Paper / Photograph / Wesley's Chapel
Photograph
1990

Black and white photograph of the monument to Sir Francis Lycett (1803-1880).

Lycett was a wealthy businessman and philanthropist who gave large sums to Wesleyan Methodism; in 1870 he offered £50,000 for fifty new chapels.
Lycett was also one of the founders of The Leys School, Cambridge and a trustee of Wesley's Chapel, City Road.