Latitude: 54.1141 / 54°6'50"N
Longitude: -3.2314 / 3°13'53"W
OS Eastings: 319600
OS Northings: 469389
OS Grid: SD196693
Mapcode National: GBR 5NWV.6Z
Mapcode Global: WH72H.BVHG
Plus Code: 9C6R4Q79+JC
Entry Name: Statue of Sir James Ramsden
Listing Date: 6 May 1976
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1210082
English Heritage Legacy ID: 388464
ID on this website: 101210082
Location: Barrow-in-Furness, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, LA14
County: Cumbria
District: Barrow-in-Furness
Electoral Ward/Division: Hindpool
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Barrow-in-Furness
Traditional County: Lancashire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Cumbria
Church of England Parish: Barrow-in-Furness St Mark
Church of England Diocese: Carlisle
Tagged with: Statue
BARROW IN FURNESS
SD1969SE DUKE STREET
708-1/12/64 Statue of Sir James Ramsden
06/05/76
GV II
Statue. 1872. Sculptor M Noble of London; stonework by
MacDonald Field and Co of Aberdeen and London. Bronze on
granite pedestal and limestone stylobate. Stepped base to
square pedestal inscribed: 'IN HONOR/ OF/ SIR JAMES RAMSDEN/
FIRST MAYOR OF THIS BOROUGH/ ERECTED BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION/
1872'. Bas-relief on left side depicts rural Barrow in 1846
whilst that on right shows industrial scene of 1871; dentilled
cornice. The statue faces north along Abbey Road: Ramsden in
mayoral robes and chain holds a chart of Barrow Port. Unveiled
1872 by the Duke of Devonshire. The statue cost »1,500 and the
granite »500. Ramsden arrived with the railway in 1846,
planned the new town and co-founded the Barrow Shipbuilding Co
Ltd. Centrepiece of Ramsden Square.
(Barrow in Furness, Almanack and Tide Table: Barrow in
Furness: 1886-: 64).
Listing NGR: SD1960069389
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