Rebecca at the Well, Alexandra Park
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Rebecca at the Well, Alexandra Park
Image: © David Dixon Taken: 3 Mar 2013
The Statue of Rebecca at the well, situated at one end of the Broad Walk was one of the original features of the park when it opened 1865. Unfortunately, the statue of Rebecca was pushed over and smashed beyond repair during the night of 16 May 1956. When the park was refurbished in 2004, this was one of two “lost” statues which were recreated by sculptor Andrew Sinclair, the other was Image See http://www.alexandra-park.com/Rebecca/RS.html for more information and some old postcards showing the original statue.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.532429
Longitude
-2.105719