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Description: The Fielden Statue

Address: Fielden Statue Centre Vale Park Burnley Road Todmorden

Grade: II

Group detail: Centre Vale Park

Full description:
Statue of John Fielden M.P. In celebration of the 'Ten Hours Act' 1847, by J. H. Foley, R.A. Designed 1863, cast and delivered 1869. Cast in bronze by Elkington and Co. (Founders). Stands on granite plinth inscribed with the date of his birth, 17th January 1784, on one face and his death, 29th May 1849, on another. Standing figure in contemporary dress holding a document (probably the 'Ten Hours Act' which Fielden initiated). Originally sited on the side of the Town Hall then moved to Fielden Square prior to its present position. N. Pevsner, Yorkshire West Riding, (London, 1979), p.522.