IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Victoria Square, ST. HELENS, WA10 9SE
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Victoria Square, WA10 9SE by members of the Geograph project.
The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.
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Image Map
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Notes
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Image Listing (84 Images Found)
Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
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Victoria Square, St Helens
This is a view of Victoria Square in St Helens, Merseyside. On the left hand side can be seen the Town Hall with the clock tower, and directly across from the photographer is the Gamble Institute which houses the Central Library. The statue of Queen Victoria which used to stand in the middle of the square has now been moved to just behind where the photo is taken from.
Image: © Cathie Garner
Taken: 26 Sep 2008
0.02 miles
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The Town Hall, Victoria Square, St.Helens
Image: © Michael Heavey
Taken: 12 Apr 2007
0.02 miles
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St Helens Town Hall
Victoria Square, St Helens
Image: © Gary Rogers
Taken: 9 Jun 2008
0.02 miles
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St Helens - Town Hall (from SE)
For more information on buildings in the Victoria Square Conservation Area of St Helens, please see http://www.sthelens.gov.uk/media/85978/dp013a.pdf .
Image: © Dave Bevis
Taken: 24 Feb 2014
0.02 miles
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St Helens - Town Hall (from W)
For more information on buildings in the Victoria Square Conservation Area of St Helens, please see http://www.sthelens.gov.uk/media/85978/dp013a.pdf .
Image: © Dave Bevis
Taken: 24 Feb 2014
0.02 miles
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St Helens War Memorial (detail)
A closer look at Image] showing a granite tablet carrying the Borough coat of arms, the inscription “To the everlasting Memory of the Men of the Borough who gave their lives for King and Country”, followed by the names of the fallen. The names continue on all sides and on the outer faces of the pedestals.
Image: © David Dixon
Taken: 12 Apr 2019
0.03 miles
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St Helens War Memorial Cenotaph
The cenotaph war memorial stands in front of the Town Hall, in Victoria Square. It was unveiled on Easter Sunday, 4th April 1926,
The memorial takes the form of a central obelisk made from Portland stone on a square stone dais, with a granite pedestal in each corner. On the front face is the inscription “Our Glorious Dead”. At the base is a carved laurel wreath to symbolise victory and the date 1914-1918 is also carved. One each side of the square base is a granite tablet with the Borough coat of arms, the inscription “To the everlasting Memory of the Men of the Borough who gave their lives for King and Country”, followed by the names of the fallen. The names continue on all sides and on the outer faces of the pedestals.
Originally 2270 names were recorded, more were later added to commemorate those who fell during the Second World War and in more recent conflicts.
Image: © David Dixon
Taken: 12 Apr 2019
0.03 miles
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The Gamble Institute and Cenotaph, Victoria Square, St. Helens
The Gamble Institute and Library were donated to the Town by Sir David Gamble and opened on the 5th. November, 1896. The Gamble family were owners of a local chemical industry, the fallout from which did little for the health of the townsfolk.
Image: © Michael Heavey
Taken: 11 Nov 2006
0.04 miles
