Date:1990
Description:This statue of Queen Victoria was presented to the town of Newcastle-under-Lyme in 1903 by Sir Alfred Haslam, and was unveiled by the Grand Duke Michael of the Russian Imperial family to celebrate the coronation of Edward VII. It stood in Nelson Place until 1963, when it was moved to Station Walks after the development of the ring road. It was moved to its present site in Queen's Gardens in 2001, the process of which you can see here. Buried underneath is a time capsule, put together by the pupils of St George's and St Giles' Primary School.
The timeline shows resources around this location over a number of years.
Arlington House, the detached property set back from the road in this photograph, ...
View of the Ironmarket and the Municipal Hall from outside Queen's Gardens.
This view was probably taken from the Municipal Hall. The white frontage of the ...
The Gardens were laid out in 1897 on land that had been bought by public subscription, ...
This statue of Queen Victoria was presented to the town of Newcastle-under-Lyme ...
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Donor ref:PA 6612 (22/49010)
Source: Brampton Museum and Art Gallery, Newcastle under Lyme
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