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    • Statue of Oliver Cromwell, St Ives

    Sculpture by F. W. Pomeroy in St Ives, Cambridgeshire, England

    A statue of Oliver Cromwell stands on Market Hill in St Ives, Cambridgeshire, England. It is a sculpture of Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland. The statue was designed by F. W. Pomeroy and erected in 1901. The statue is one of five public statues of Cromwell in the United Kingdom and is Grade II listed for its architectural merit.[1]

    Description and history

    The statue was sculpted by F. W. Pomeroy, and features Cromwell standing and pointing. The statue is approached by three steps of Aberdeen granite, with ornamental lamps on each corner.[1][2]

    The location of the statue in the market place in St Ives had been proposed by the historian Thomas Carlyle in an 1849 letter.[3] Carlyle wrote to I.K. Holland that:[4]

    "My private suspicion I confess is that the present generat