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Latitude: 51.5348 / 51°32'5"N
Longitude: -0.1389 / 0°8'20"W
OS Eastings: 529180
OS Northings: 183403
OS Grid: TQ291834
Mapcode National: GBR D4.Z0
Mapcode Global: VHGQS.JPX9
Plus Code: 9C3XGVM6+WC
Entry Name: Statue of Richard Cobden
Listing Date: 14 May 1974
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1272429
English Heritage Legacy ID: 476809
ID on this website: 101272429
Location: Camden Town, Camden, London, NW1
County: London
District: Camden
Electoral Ward/Division: Regent's Park
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Camden
Traditional County: Middlesex
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Greater London
Church of England Parish: St Pancras Old Church
Church of England Diocese: London
Tagged with: Statue
CAMDEN
TQ2983SW CAMDEN HIGH STREET
798-1/83/154 Statue of Richard Cobden
14/05/74
GV II
Statue. c1868. By W and T Wills. Sicilian marble. Figure of
Cobden (badly weathered) in contemporary dress with right hand
raised and holding papers in left hand; standing on an
inscribed pedestal with side panels having carved swags. Base
inscribed "Cornlaws repealed 1846". HISTORICAL NOTE: Richard
Cobden, MP, led the successful campaign for the repeal of the
Corn Laws in the 1840s. The statue was erected by public
subscription 3 years after his death; inscription records that
Napoleon III was the principal contributor, for Cobden had
been instrumental in establishing a free trade treaty with
France in 1860.
Listing NGR: TQ2918083403
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