List of public art in Staffordshire
This is a list of public art in the Staffordshire county of England. This list applies only to works of public art on permanent display in an outdoor public space. For example, this does not include artworks in museums.
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Burton upon Trent
Shobnall
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Michael Arthur Bass | Outside Burton Town Hall, King Edward Place, Burton upon Trent 52°48′28″N 1°38′44″W / 52.807737°N 1.645503°W |
1911 | Frederick William Pomeroy | Statue | Bronze | Grade II listed [1] | East Staffordshire Borough Council | [2] | ||
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Barrel roll structure | Burton on Trent Station 52°48′20″N 1°38′34″W / 52.805683°N 1.642746°W |
Barrels | East Midlands Trains |
Town Centre
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Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Owner / administrator | Wikidata | Notes |
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The Burton Cooper | Coopers Square shopping centre, Burton upon Trent 52°48′08″N 1°37′56″W / 52.802089°N 1.632218°W |
1977 | James Walter Butler | Statue | bronze | 1.5m high | East Staffordshire Borough Council | Was in the open air from 1977. It was moved to its current location in 1994.[3] | ||
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Burton on Trent war memorial | In a garden - Lichfield Street, Burton upon Trent 52°48′02″N 1°37′52″W / 52.800441°N 1.631031°W |
1922 | Henry Charles Fehr | War memorial sculpture | Bronze | Grade II listed [4] | East Staffordshire Borough Council | A war memorial of an angel with laurel wreath in one hand and a sword in the other. Was restored in the year 2000.[5] | ||
Malt Shovel | Corner of High street and New Street, Burton upon Trent 52°48′04″N 1°37′53″W / 52.801162°N 1.631326°W |
2001 | Andy Hazell | Sculpture | Stainless steel | 30ft high | East Staffordshire Borough Council | A 30ft shovel with a 9ft bottle-shaped opened in the blade [6] | |||
Brewing motifs | Magnet Kitchens, Union Street, Burton upon Trent 52°48′07″N 1°38′07″W / 52.802030°N 1.635268°W |
1985 | Brick Motif | Brick | Magnet Kitchens | People power helped to save the motif on the former Comet store in 2015 [7] | |||||
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Reel Ale | Worthington Way, Burton upon Trent 52°48′16″N 1°37′53″W / 52.804483°N 1.631373°W |
2000 | Students of Burton College | Barrels sculpture | Burton & South Derbyshire College | |||||
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Burton College Sculpture | Burton & South Derbyshire College, Abbey Street, Burton upon Trent 52°48′00″N 1°37′54″W / 52.799904°N 1.631664°W |
2003 | Students and staff of Burton College | Sculpture | Stainless steel | Burton & South Derbyshire College | The Earl of Wessex opened the college building and unveiled the sculptures in 2003 [8] | |||
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Burton College Bench | Burton & South Derbyshire College, Lichfield Street, Burton upon Trent 52°48′00″N 1°37′53″W / 52.799989°N 1.631420°W |
2003 | Students and staff of Burton College | Bench | Stainless steel | Burton & South Derbyshire College | The Earl of Wessex opened the college building and unveiled the sculptures in 2003 [8] |
The Washlands
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Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Owner / administrator | Wikidata | Notes |
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Monumite | Near Burton Library, Burton upon Trent 52°48′09″N 1°37′36″W / 52.802572°N 1.626781°W |
2010 | APS Masonry | Sculpture | Portland stone | East Staffordshire Borough Council | Sculpture of a jar of Marmite. Nicknamed 'Monumite' [9] | |||
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Watching the Washlands | Andressey Island, Burton upon Trent 52°48′07″N 1°37′36″W / 52.802035°N 1.626529°W |
1993 | Hattie Coppard | Sculpture | Steel, concrete, ceramic tiles, mirror mosaic | East Staffordshire Borough Council | The sculptures resemble Indian wayside icons which guard the boundaries of villages from evil [10] | |||
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Bathtime 2-by-2 | Andressey Island, Burton upon Trent 52°47′58″N 1°37′42″W / 52.799540°N 1.628471°W |
1995 | Stuart Bastik | Sculpture | Portland stone, painted timber, stone | East Staffordshire Borough Council | It looks like a large slice of toast cut into four 'soldiers'.[11] Has a bit of damage at the top. | |||
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Saint Modwen | Andressey Island, Burton upon Trent 52°47′53″N 1°37′44″W / 52.798091°N 1.628880°W |
1995 | John Fortnum | Statue | Steel, wood, brass | East Staffordshire Borough Council | A statue of St Modwen without limbs [12] | |||
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Land and Water | Andressey Island, Burton upon Trent 52°47′55″N 1°37′35″W / 52.798717°N 1.626252°W |
1994 | Rosemary Terry | Sculpture | Timber, natural stone | East Staffordshire Borough Council | Sculpture of a Viking ship near the River Trent.[13] Also known as Land and Water [14] | |||
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The Heron Bench | Andressey Island, Burton upon Trent 52°48′11″N 1°37′23″W / 52.803171°N 1.623132°W |
1995 | Nigel Hobbins | Bench | Semi-seasoned oak, varnish | East Staffordshire Borough Council | Circular bench divided into three sections.[15] The bench has been removed leaving only the base |
Anglesey
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Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Owner / administrator | Wikidata | Notes |
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Metal cowl in the shape of a goat | Clarence Street, Burton upon Trent 52°47′59″N 1°38′34″W / 52.799694°N 1.642904°W |
1883 | Scamell & Collyer of London | Sculpture | Grade II listed [16] | East Staffordshire Borough Council |
Lichfield
Market Square
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Owner / administrator | Wikidata | Notes |
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Dr Samuel Johnson | Market Square, Lichfield 52°41′01″N 1°49′40″W / 52.683609°N 1.827775°W |
1838 | Richard Cockle Lucas | Statue | Ashlar | Statue: 2m high. Pedestal: 2.4m high x 1.37m x 1.37m | Grade II* listed [17] | Lichfield City Council | [18] | |
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James Boswell | Market Square, Lichfield 52°41′02″N 1°49′39″W / 52.683894°N 1.827433°W |
1908 | Percy Hetherington Fitzgerald | Statue | Bronze | Grade II listed [19] | Lichfield City Council | [20] | ||
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King George V & Queen Mary | Guildhall, Bore Street, Lichfield 52°40′59″N 1°49′38″W / 52.683039°N 1.827292°W |
1910 | Robert Bridgeman & Sons of Lichfield | Medallion busts | Portland stone | each 60cm in diameter | Grade II listed [21] | Lichfield City Council | Commissioned to commemorate the mayoralty of Godfrey Benson and the accession of George V.[22] |
Lichfield Cathedral
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Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Owner / administrator | Wikidata | Notes |
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Charles II | South side of Lichfield Cathedral 52°41′07″N 1°49′48″W / 52.685231°N 1.829985°W |
1669 | William Wilson | Statue | Sandstone | 3.9m high | Grade I listed [23] | Lichfield Cathedral | Commissioned shortly after the restoration. Was near the west front from 1669. In 1877 it was moved to the North West tower. Moved to current location in 1986.[24] | |
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Statues on the West Front of Lichfield Cathedral | West front of Lichfield Cathedral 52°41′07″N 1°49′52″W / 52.685256°N 1.831096°W |
1876 | Robert Bridgeman, Mary Grant & Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll | Statues | Stone | Grade I listed [23] | Lichfield Cathedral | 113 statues on the west front. Of biblical figures, Kings and Queens [25] |
Beacon Park
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Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Owner / administrator | Wikidata | Notes |
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Captain Edward Smith | Museum Gardens, Beacon Park, Lichfield 52°41′01″N 1°49′59″W / 52.683525°N 1.833129°W |
1914 | Kathleen Scott | Statue | bronze, on Cornish granite pedestal | Grade II listed [26] | Lichfield City Council | [27][28] | ||
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Edward VII | Museum Gardens, Beacon Park, Lichfield 52°41′02″N 1°49′56″W / 52.683840°N 1.832266°W |
1908 | Robert Bridgeman | Statue | Ashlar | Grade II listed [29] | Lichfield City Council | |||
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Erasmus Darwin | Museum Gardens, Beacon Park, Lichfield 52°41′02″N 1°49′57″W / 52.684026°N 1.832457°W |
2012 | Peter Walker | Statue | Bronze | Lichfield City Council | Statue unveiled on the 12th December 2012. Timed to mark Darwin's 281st birthday.[30] | |||
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Chancellor Law's Fountain | Museum Gardens, Beacon Park, Lichfield 52°41′01″N 1°49′57″W / 52.683691°N 1.832550°W |
1871 | Fountain | Ashlar & Iron | Grade II listed [31] | Lichfield City Council | Commissioned by the Chancellor James Thomas Law [32] | |||
Sailor | Lichfield Free Library and Museum, Bird Street, Lichfield 52°41′03″N 1°49′56″W / 52.684155°N 1.832307°W |
1905 | George Frederick Bodley | Statue | Ketton stone | 1.35m high | Lichfield City Council | Sailor from the Boer War (1899-1902). Given to the city by Robert Bridgeman.[33]
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Garden of Remembrance
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Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Owner / administrator | Wikidata | Notes |
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War memorial | Garden of Remembrance - Bird Street, Lichfield 52°41′04″N 1°49′53″W / 52.684319°N 1.831347°W |
1920 | Robert Bridgeman & Sons of Lichfield | War memorial statue | Portland stone, Ashlar and Westmoreland slate | Grade II listed [34] | Lichfield City Council | [35] A war memorial with a Portland stone figure of St George in the middle [36] |
Newcastle-under-Lyme
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Owner / administrator | Wikidata | Notes |
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Queen Victoria | Queens Gardens, Ironmarket, Newcastle-under-Lyme 53°00′44″N 2°13′29″W / 53.012337°N 2.224758°W |
1903 | Charles Bell Birch | Statue | Bronze | 4m overall | Grade II listed [37] | Newcastle-under-Lyme District Council | The statue originally stood in Nelson Place from 1903. It was moved to Station Walk in 1963. But it was frequently vandalised there. It was later restored and was moved to Queens Gardens in 2001.[38] |
Rocester
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Owner / administrator | Wikidata | Notes |
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The Fossor | JCB headquarters 52°57′10″N 1°50′32″W / 52.952774°N 1.842187°W |
1979 | Walenty Pytel | Sculpture | Steel | Height: 45 feet (14 m) | Made entirely of digger parts. The name is Latin for "digger". |
Rugeley
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Owner / administrator | Wikidata | Notes |
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Miners’ memorial | 52°45′29″N 1°56′12″W / 52.75818°N 1.93668°W |
September 2015 | Andy De Comym | Sculpture | Concrete | Height: 9 feet (2.7 m) | Four statues dedicated to the miners of Lea Hall and Brereton collieries. One damaged badly, when a vehicle collided with it, November 2015[39] |
Stafford
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Owner / administrator | Wikidata | Notes |
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Isaak Walton | Victoria Park, Stafford 52°48′15″N 2°07′16″W / 52.804042°N 2.121146°W |
2000 | Peter Walker | Statue | Bronze | 2.15m high x 70cm wide x 40cm deep | Stafford Borough Council | [40] |
Stoke-on-Trent
Central Stoke
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Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Owner / administrator | Wikidata | Notes |
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Josiah Wedgwood | North Stafford Hotel, Winton Square, Stoke-on-Trent 53°00′30″N 2°10′50″W / 53.008251°N 2.180532°W |
1863 | Edward Davis | Statue | Bronze | 250cm high approx | Grade II listed [41] | Stoke-on-Trent City Council | [42] | |
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Colin Minton Campbell | Sainsbury's, London Road, Stoke-on-Trent 53°00′08″N 2°11′12″W / 53.002127°N 2.186655°W |
1887 | Thomas Brock | Statue | Bronze | 2.3m high | Stoke-on-Trent City Council | [43] | ||
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Sir Stanley Matthews | Britannia Stadium, Stoke-on-Trent 52°59′22″N 2°10′38″W / 52.989553°N 2.177120°W |
2001 | Julian Jeffrey, Carl Payne & Andrew Edwards | Sculpture | Bronze | Figures: 2.75m high | Stoke City Football Club | Three statues that depict Stanley Matthews at different stages of his career.[44] |
Etruria
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Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Owner / administrator | Wikidata | Notes |
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James Brindley | Etruria Junction, Etruria, Stoke-on-Trent 53°01′10″N 2°11′32″W / 53.019442°N 2.192226°W |
1990 | Colin Melbourne | Statue | Bronze | Lifesize | Stoke-on-Trent City Council | Near the junction of the Caldon Canal with the Trent and Mersey Canal [45] |
Hanley
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Owner / administrator | Wikidata | Notes |
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Sir Stanley Matthews | Market Square, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent 53°01′29″N 2°10′28″W / 53.024663°N 2.174393°W |
1987 | Colin Melbourne | Statue | Bronze | 160cm high approx | Stoke-on-Trent City Council | Sir Stanley Matthews was born in Hanley [46] | ||
The Steel Man | Potteries Museum & Art Gallery, Broad Street, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent 53°01′23″N 2°10′43″W / 53.023146°N 2.178589°W |
Colin Melbourne | Statue | Stainless Steel | Stoke-on-Trent City Council | The struggle of the Shelton Bar steelworkers to retain their livelihood [47] | |||||
Reginald Mitchell | Potteries Museum & Art Gallery, Broad Street, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent 53°01′24″N 2°10′42″W / 53.023263°N 2.178299°W |
Statue | Bronze | Stoke-on-Trent City Council | He was the designer of the WWII Spitfire aeroplane [47] |
Tamworth
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Owner / administrator | Wikidata | Notes |
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Sir Robert Peel | Market Street, Tamworth 52°37′59″N 1°41′45″W / 52.633084°N 1.695704°W |
1853 | Matthew Noble | Statue | Bronze | Statue: 250cm high approx. Pedestal: 210cm high x 140cm wide x 140cm deep | Grade II listed [48] | Tamworth Borough Council | [49] | ||
Æthelflæd | Tamworth Castle, Tamworth 52°37′54″N 1°41′55″W / 52.631571°N 1.698548°W |
1913 | E G Bramwell | Statue | Ashlar stone | 1.5m high overall | Grade II listed [50] | Tamworth Borough Council | [51] |
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- ↑ Historic England. "Statue of Michael Arthur Bass (Grade II) (1038704)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
- ↑ "Michael Bass, the 1st Baron Burton (1837-1909)". National Recording Project. Public Monument and Sculpture Association. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
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- ↑ Historic England. "War Memorial (Grade II) (128878)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
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- ↑ "Bathtime 2-by-2". National Recording Project. Public Monument and Sculpture Association. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
- ↑ "St Modwen". National Recording Project. Public Monument and Sculpture Association. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
- ↑ "In pictures: Staffordshire's Anglo-Saxon sites". BBC Stoke & Staffordshire. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
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- ↑ Historic England. "Office Block, Loading Bay and North Malthouse of the Former Yeomans, Cherry and Curtin Brewery (Grade II) (1038723)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
- ↑ Historic England. "Dr Johnson Statue (Grade II*) (1217846)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
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- ↑ Historic England. "Boswell Statue (Grade II) (1187726)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
- ↑ "James Boswell". National Recording Project. Public Monument and Sculpture Association. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
- ↑ Historic England. "The Guildhall (Grade II) (1187740)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
- ↑ "King George V (1865-1936) & Queen Mary (1867-1953)". National Recording Project. Public Monument and Sculpture Association. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
- 1 2 Historic England. "Cathedral Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary and St Chad (Grade I) (1298431)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 22 October 2015.
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- ↑ "Statues on the West Front of Lichfield Cathedral". www.vanderkrogt.net. Retrieved 22 October 2015.
- ↑ Historic England. "John Smith Statue, Museum Gardens (Grade II) (1187361)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
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- ↑ Historic England. "Edward VII Statue, Museum Gardens (Grade II) (1298739)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
- ↑ "Erasmus Darwin statue unveiled". Lichfield Historic Parks. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
- ↑ Historic England. "Fountain, Museum Gardens (Grade II) (1209619)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
- ↑ "Chancellor Law's (1790-1876) Fountain". National Recording Project. Public Monument and Sculpture Association. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
- ↑ "Sailor". National Recording Project. Public Monument and Sculpture Association. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
- ↑ Historic England. "War Memorial and Garden Walls, Balustrades ad Gate (Grade II) (1187733)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
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- ↑ Historic England. "Victoria statue in Queens Gardens (Grade II) (1196764)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
- ↑ "Statue of Queen Victoria (1819-1901)". National Recording Project. Public Monument and Sculpture Association. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
- ↑ "Car smashes into miner statue causing £5,000 damage". Express & Star. 1 December 2015. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
- ↑ "Izaak Walton". National Recording Project. Public Monument and Sculpture Association. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
- ↑ Historic England. "Statue of Josiah Wedgwood in Centre of Square (Grade II) (1195879)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ↑ "Josiah Wedgwood (1730-1795)". National Recording Project. Public Monument and Sculpture Association. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ↑ "Statue of Colin Minton Campbell (1827-1885)". National Recording Project. Public Monument and Sculpture Association. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ↑ "Stanley Matthews Sculpture". National Recording Project. Public Monument and Sculpture Association. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ↑ "James Brindley". National Recording Project. Public Monument and Sculpture Association. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ↑ "Sir Stanley Matthews C.B.E. (1915-2000)". National Recording Project. Public Monument and Sculpture Association. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- 1 2 "Broad Street, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent". Potteries Museum & Art Gallery. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
- ↑ Historic England. "Statue of Sir Robert Peel (Grade II) (1196996)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 22 October 2015.
- ↑ "Robert Peel". National Recording Project. Public Monument and Sculpture Association. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
- ↑ Historic England. "Statue of Ethelfleda Approximately 13.5 Metres East of Holloway Lodge (Grade II) (1208317)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 22 October 2015.
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