 The Black Prince in Leeds City Square.
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This large equestrian sculpture of the Prince was created in 1903 by Thomas Brock. The statue was donated to the city by Colonel Thomas Walter Harding, who was Lord Mayor 1898-9.
The Black Prince was Edward of Woodstock, Prince of Wales, Duke of Cornwall, Prince of Aquitaine. He was born at Woodstock Palace in Oxfordshire and was the eldest son of King Edward III of England and Philippa of Hainault, and father to King Richard II of England.
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 The Leeds War Memorial, topped by the Angel of Peace bronze statue.
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The statue is the the work of Ian Judd, a Leeds sculptor. This replaced the original statue "Winged Victory" by Henry Charles Fehr (1867-1940) that was damaged in a storm in 1965 and removed. Originally sited in City Square, a changed traffic layout resulted in the memorial being moved in 1937 to its present location in Victoria Gardens on the Headrow. |
-s.jpg) The Black Prince was called Edward of Woodstock after his birthplace, and later became known as the Black Prince, perhaps because of the black armour that he wore. An exceptional military leader, his victories over the French at Crécy and Poitiers made him very popular. In 1348 he became the first Knight of the Garter, of whose Order he was one of the founders.
Edward died one year before his father, becoming the first English Prince of Wales not to become King of England. The throne passed, instead, to his son Richard II, a minor, upon the death of Edward III. |
 The Leeds Infirmary. The General Infirmary moved here from Infirmary Street in 1869. It was designed by George Gilbert Scott and incorporated ideas by Florence Nightingale. New wings have since been added and the hospital is now known officially as the General Infirmary at Leeds, but more usually referred to as the Leeds General Infirmary or LGI.
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 The Tower Works is a disused factory notable for its three listed towers. It is located on Globe Road in Holbeck, Leeds, near the main railway line and Leeds and Liverpool Canal.
[Photograph David Hoggarth]
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