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Mar 2021
Could Harrogate's Queen Victoria monument be moved?
Harrogate historian Malcolm Neesam has raised concerns the £7.8 million Station Gateway project could lead to the town's Queen Victoria monument being moved.
The white marble monument on Station Parade was given to the town in 1887 and has looked down on many generations since.
But a consultation on the proposed gateway project, which would radically alter Station Parade, asks people for their views on moving the monument.
The consultation says:
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Mr Neesam said he understood that in 1887, when Richard Ellis presented the statue, he inserted several covenants into the deed of gift, requiring that if any attempt were made to move the statue, the land should be offered back to the Ellis family.
It is not known whether the Ellis family still has any links with Harrogate but any attempt to move it could be problematic.
Karl Battersby, director of business and environmental services at North Yorkshire County Council, which is one of the councils behind the gateway project, said:
Asked whether he was satisfied with the statement, Mr Neesam said:
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