Queen Victoria's Statue, Nelson Place, Newcastle-under-Lyme

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Date:1930

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 here 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.


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1880s
Building the Municipal Hall, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Building the Municipal Hall, Newcastle-under-Lyme

A group of men discussing plaans during the construction of the Municipal Hall on ...

1910s
Queen Victoria's Statue, Nelson Place, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Queen Victoria's Statue, Nelson Place, Newcastle-under-Lyme

Queen Victoria's statue is pictured here in its original position in Nelson Place. ...

1930s
Nelson Place, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Nelson Place, Newcastle-under-Lyme

A view of Nelson Place taken from Queen's Gardens. The Gardens, seen here in the ...

1950s
Roxy Cinema, Nelson Place, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Roxy Cinema, Nelson Place, Newcastle-under-Lyme

This oil painting signed and dated by Don Dawson is dated 1958 and depicts Nelson ...

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Donor ref:PA 384 (22/49003)

Source: Brampton Museum and Art Gallery, Newcastle under Lyme

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