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Latitude: 53.8141 / 53°48'50"N
Longitude: -1.562 / 1°33'43"W
OS Eastings: 428934
OS Northings: 435396
OS Grid: SE289353
Mapcode National: GBR BFD.1K
Mapcode Global: WHC9C.ZDBF
Plus Code: 9C5WRC7Q+J5
Entry Name: Statue of Robert Peel to North Corner of Woodhouse Moor
Listing Date: 5 August 1976
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1375010
English Heritage Legacy ID: 465890
ID on this website: 101375010
Location: Woodhouse Moor, Hyde Park, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS6
County: Leeds
Electoral Ward/Division: Hyde Park and Woodhouse
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Leeds
Traditional County: Yorkshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): West Yorkshire
Church of England Parish: Woodhouse and Wrangthorn
Church of England Diocese: Leeds
Tagged with: Statue
This List entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 12 August 2016.
SE2835SE
714-1/70/1279
05/08/76
LEEDS
HYDE PARK ROAD,
Woodhouse Moor
(East side)
Statue of Robert Peel to north corner of Woodhouse Moor
II
Statue. 1852. By W Behnes.Bronze statue on a pink-granite pedestal
and stepped grey-granite base’. The Conservative politician is shown in
contemporary dress, the pose similar to that in a portrait by HW
Pickersgill. The pedestal has 'PEEL/ 1852' incised in the front, the statue is
signed 'W BEHNES Sculpt.'
Robert Peel founded the Police Force when Home Secretary in
1822-27 and 1828-30; in 1829 he introduced Roman Catholic
emancipation and was Prime Minister 1834-35 and 1841-46. He
fell from office in 1846 after repealing the Corn Laws and
died in 1850. Many statues were erected to him; this one was originally
erected on Park Row and was moved to Victoria Square in the 1890s where it
was placed in front of the Town Hall. It was subsequently moved again to its
current location on Woodhouse Moor in 1937.
Listing NGR: SE2893435396
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