Statue of Queen Victoria , Royal Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
This statue of Queen Victoria cost £1,500 to build in 1902. The front is inscribed: 'Victoria Queen Empress 1837-1901 She wrought her people lasting good' (quotation taken from Tennyson); and on the back: 'Erected by the people of Leamington October 11th 1902 William Davis Mayor'. A plaque on the side of the pedestal records that: 'A German bomb moved this statue one inch on its plinth on the 14th November 1940'.
