2. Sailor Statue

 

Sailor Statue

 

On the corner of the registry office on Bird Street stands a stone carved statue of a sailor from the Boer war, his cap states ‘HMS Powerful’ and he carries a rifle. The stonemason & architect Robert Bridgeman (1844-1918) gave this statue to the city in 1905, originally it was part of a neo-gothic monument in York

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