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Statue of John Harrison

A Grade II Listed Building in City and Hunslet, Leeds

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Coordinates

Latitude: 53.7965 / 53°47'47"N

Longitude: -1.548 / 1°32'52"W

OS Eastings: 429867

OS Northings: 433452

OS Grid: SE298334

Mapcode National: GBR BJL.1V

Mapcode Global: WHC9D.6T3W

Plus Code: 9C5WQFW2+JQ

Entry Name: Statue of John Harrison

Listing Date: 26 September 1963

Last Amended: 11 September 1996

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1375039

English Heritage Legacy ID: 465919

ID on this website: 101375039

Location: Granary Wharf, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS1

County: Leeds

Electoral Ward/Division: City and Hunslet

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Built-Up Area: Leeds

Traditional County: Yorkshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): West Yorkshire

Church of England Parish: Leeds St George

Church of England Diocese: Leeds

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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

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