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Middlesbrough
North Yorkshire
Yorkshire & Humberside

Albert Road
(Town Hall, West facade)

Saint George

(ca. 275/281 - 303)
Roman soldier from Syria Palaestina and a priest in the Guard of Diocletian, one of the Fourteen Holy Helpers. He is immortalized in the tale of Saint George and the Dragon. Patron saint of England
(Wikipedia)

W. Margetson
1889

Description

Stone statue on top of the gable above the Albert Road entrance of the Town Hall.

Sculptor

W. Margetson.

Sources & Information

Wikipedia, Middlesbrough Town Hall.
Daily Gazette for Middlesbrough - Wednesday 23 January 1889 (British Newspaper Archive).
Historic England, Sitesearch.

Locatie (N 54°34'33" - W 1°14'4") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: gbyh169; Photograph: 30 July 2019
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