Would anyone here,hazard a guess,at what might be the oldest standing monument/statue, in Liverpool?
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Would anyone here,hazard a guess,at what might be the oldest standing monument/statue, in Liverpool?
What counts as liverpool ? At a guess, the cross by u
Victoria Monument:PDT_Piratz_26:
The Town Hall is the oldest of the L/Pool "public" buildings.
Victoria then .
Hunts Cross.The cross in Woolton.The Monks Well by Picton Clock
could it be the Calderstones???
Come on,let's have some dates then! Calderstones, are, probably the oldest remains,of a structure,but they've been moved several times,and I was thinking of things that are reasonably identifiable,by most of us,(any pic's?)and still in original position!:nod:
Hi Robbo,how's things?
No date for Hunt's Cross.
Monks well is said to be about 600yrs old.
Woolton Cross is thought to have been erected by the Knights Hospitaller (Lost Villages of Liverpool part 2 by Derek Whale)
There is reference to the cross being there in 1600.The Knights had land in Wulveton (Woolton) in 1189.(History of Much Woolton,The Woolton Society,1975)
I'm led to believe this is the oldest statue in Liverpool...guess its location? :unibrow:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2164/...5b080de09c.jpg
Top of Town Hall?
Do we get any clues yet, steve ?
Well, my suggestion was to be the equestrian statue of George III,in London rd,which was erected,by public subscription,in 1822!( and though he was rather unpopular,at the time,it, unusually, never seems to have suffered any vandalism!?) But, on checking out George's candidate,Minerva,I could only assume it was, a couple of years older,as the town hall itself, was erected in 1820! So that's in the lead,at the moment....unless somebody knows better?!
A couple of pic's courtesy of L.R.O.
Hmm... George III in Monument Place (London Road) was the 1820s. That's the earliest equestrian statue I can think of.
The oldest ones on Merseyside would probably be the Bidston Hill carvings.
Edit: Beaten by Wsteve55, rats!
Nelson memorial in Springfield Park close to Alder Hey is dated around 1805
can't sleep with toothache so heres a pic I found of Nelson's Memorial :disgust:
http://www.liverpoolmonuments.co.uk/...nelsonob01.jpg
http://www.liverpoolmonuments.co.uk/...elsonob01.html
Hmm... I think a memorial stone can be classed as a monument. Quite often masons who do headstones are called 'monumental masons'.
There is a bible thick book on Liverpool's sculptures and monuments as well as a website which can find you the answer for definite.