Queen Victoria's Jubilee Obelisk (1887)
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Queen Victoria's Jubilee Obelisk (1887)
Image: © Neil Theasby Taken: 10 Aug 2010
Flockton & Gibbs - Queen Victoria 'Jubilee Memorial', 1887. Endcliffe Park, visible from Rustlings Road. Originally at the top of Fargate, moved in 1905 to be replaced by the statue of Queen Victoria by Alfred Turner (now itself in Endcliffe Park and visible from Hunter's Bar roundabout). Description: Stone memorial, c. 10m high, surrounded by four cast iron gas lamps. It consists of obelisk of red polished granite set above a carved stone capitol above a block of grey polished granite. The obelisk is mounted on stone blocks set on a paved area on a patch of levelled ground overlooking the playing fields in the park.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.3677
Longitude
-1.509734