Erection date: 1877
{On the front, and repeated on the back, of the plinth:}
Peel, 1788 - 1850
{On the left base of the statue:}
M. Noble, Sc. London 1878
{On the right base of the statue:}
Cox & Sons, Art Founders
The Victorian Web's entry on this statue focuses on the tightness of Peel's trousers.
SW1, Parliament Square
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Robert Peel statue
MP and Prime Minister in the 1830s and 40s. Reorganised the London police for...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Robert Peel statue
Sculptor. Born Yorkshire. If the National Portrait Gallery collection is anyt...
{On a nearby bench:} Plaque 1:The characters for this Portrait Bench chosen by your community celebrate Sustrans winning a nationwide vo...
Portland Place is an extremely wide road for London, and was built like that in the late 18th century. The Duke of Portland owned all the...
{On a nearby bench:} Plaque 1:The characters for this Portrait Bench chosen by your community celebrate Sustrans winning a nationwide vo...
The monument, commissioned by Queen Victoria and designed by George Gilbert Scott, was built 1864-72, and the statue of Albert was instal...
Ornamental Passions has some more photos and information on these sculptures, and there we learn that this building is the 1870 Guildhall...
The bomb which injured 48 people, was planted by neo-Nazi bomber David Copeland. Copeland, who was also responsible for the nail bomb attacks in Brick Lane (24 April) and at the Admiral Duncan pub...
Herbert Gribble, 1847 - 1894, architect of the Oratory Church, lived here between 1880 - 82.
Created by artist John Reardon, in homage to the Monty Python's Flying Circus sketch, although It appears to be a sulphur-crested cockato...
The newly built up Willesden area was provided with a library, completed in 1894. It was extended at the back in 1907, part funded by Andrew Carnegie. The whole back section was rebuilt with addit...
