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27: 92: 84: 156: 220:. He now stands on a plain plinth, surrounded by iron railings linked by iron rope. These railings were the original railings, but were delayed from being installed by objections on the grounds of Health & Safety from the Bullring. However, the railings were restored in September 2005, just in time for the Trafalgar Bicentenary celebrations which centred on the statue. 215:
The statue was moved in 1961 during the first redevelopment of the Bull Ring and the carved plinth, cannon and lanterns lost. After the recent redevelopment it has returned close to its original location north of the church. It stands on the high balcony between the Bullring shopping centre and the
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The statue was originally erected on the site of the Old Cross, a two-storey building (a meeting hall over an open space), built in 1703 and demolished in August 1784. It stood outside the
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carved with the people of Birmingham, surrounded by iron railings with lanterns standing on upended cannon at each corner.
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In 2009, to mark the 200th anniversary of the statue's unveiling, a medal was struck by St Paul's Mint of Birmingham.
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following Nelson's visit to the town on 31 August 1802, the year before he sailed against the fleets of
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This bronze statue was the first publicly funded statue in Birmingham, and the first statue of
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behind it. The lamp posts, made from naval cannons, were part of the original design.
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Selfridges store. Nelson now looks again over the church of
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Public Sculpture of Birmingham including Sutton Coldfield
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The statue forms the centrepiece of Birmingham's annual
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Richard Westmacott
Bull Ring
Birmingham
England
Lord Nelson
public subscription
Birmingham
Napoleon
Golden Jubilee of George III

Birmingham Market Hall
uniform
HMS Victory
French ship Orient (1791)
Battle of the Nile
plinth
Market Hall
Grade II* listed status
A related statue
Bridgetown
St Martin in the Bull Ring
Trafalgar Day
Historic England

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