Description

SE2933SE
714-1/77/106
26/09/63

LEEDS

CITY SQUARE
Statue of John Harrison

(Formerly Listed as:
CITY SQUARE
Statues of Joseph Priestley, Dean
Hook, John Harrison and James Watt)

GV
II

Statue of John Harrison. 1903. By HC Fehr. Polished granite
plinth with bronze plaque and raised lettering: 'JOHN/
HARRISON/ 1576-1656'. Life-size bronze statue on a square
plinth with raised lettering to front: 'THE GIFT OF/
COUNCILLOR RICHARD BOSTON 1903'.
One of 4 statues of prominent men which stood on the
balustrade of the City Square designed by William Bakewell for
T Walter Harding and completed 1903.
HISTORICAL NOTE: John Harrison was the son of a Leeds cloth
merchant who inherited a considerable fortune and devoted much
of it to supporting the poor of the town. Among his charitable
acts was the rebuilding of the Grammar School, the
construction of Church of St John, Mark Lane (qv), and
Harrison's Almshouses, Raglan Road (qv).
(Burt, S & Grady, K: War, Plague and Trade, Leeds in the C17:
17).

Listing NGR: SE2986733452

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26655861

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