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This is a statue of the Earl Of Dudley - on a roundabout near Castle Hill in Dudley.

It is Grade II listed.

Statue of the Earl of Dudley, Dudley

   1.
   5106 CASTLE HILL
   Statue of the
   Earl of Dudley
   SO 9490 SE 2/113
   II
   2.
   Stands in the centre of the road at its junction with Castle Street. 1888. Conventional
   marble statue by C B Birch. On a tall circular granite pedestal with stone base.
   Listing NGR: SO9464190489

This text is a legacy record and has not been updated since the building was originally listed. Details of the building may have changed in the intervening time. You should not rely on this listing as an accurate description of the building.

Source: English Heritage

Listed building text is © Crown Copyright. Reproduced under licence.

The Earl of Dudley it is in memory of is William Ward, 1st Earl of Dudley (27 March 1817 – 7 May 1885), known as The Lord Ward from 1835 to 1860, was a British landowner and benefactor.

In 1860 the earldom held by his kinsman was revived when he was created Viscount Ednam, of Ednam in the County of Roxburgh, and Earl of Dudley, of Dudley Castle in the County of Stafford.

In 1867 The Earl of Dudley donated a fountain to the town. A statue of the Earl was erected in Dudley in 1888.

This is the second creation of the Earl of Dudley.
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