Queen's Park: north gate lodges
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Queen's Park: north gate lodges
Image: © Stephen Craven Taken: 19 Jul 2015
A pair of mock half timbered lodges either side of the entrance from Victoria Avenue. There is an inscription round both lodges which in total reads: "This park was given by the London & North Western Railway Co 1888 to commemorate the jubilee of her most gracious majesty Queen Victoria and the 50th anniversary of the opening of the Grand Junction Railway and was opened together with the Victoria Avenue by Field Marshal Commander in Chief HRH the Duke of Cambridge KG on the 9th of June 1888. F W Webb Mayor F Cooke Town Clerk" Webb https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Webb_(engineer) was not only Mayor (twice) but also Chief Mechanical Engineer of the town's major employer, the LNWR, 1870-1903.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.098481
Longitude
-2.467557