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{{Short description|Park in Sunderland, United Kingdom}}
{{for|the park in Brisbane, Australia| Mowbray Park and East Brisbane War Memorial}}
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| location = [[Sunderland, Tyne and Wear|Sunderland]], [[England]]
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| operator = Sunderland City Council
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'''Mowbray Park''' is a [[municipal park]] in the centre of [[Sunderland, Tyne and Wear|Sunderland]], [[Tyne and Wear]], [[England]], located a few hundred yards from the busy
The park was voted best in Britain in 2008.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.keepbritaintidy.org/GreenFlag/GreenFlagAwardSites/NorthEast/Default.aspx?parkID=190|title=Mowbray Park
==History==
Mowbray Park is one of the oldest municipal parks in [[North East England]].<ref name="ref1">{{cite web|title=Mowbray Park
The roots of '''Mowbray Park''' date back to the 1830s, when a health inspector recommended building a leafy area in the town after [[Sunderland, Tyne and Wear|Sunderland]] recorded the first [[cholera]] epidemic in 1831. A grant of £750 was provided by the [[Government]] to buy a £2,000 plot of land from the
Work on Mowbray Park – then known as The People's Park<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1001320|title=MOWBRAY PARK, non Civil Parish - 1001320 | Historic England}}</ref> – began in the mid-1850s, incorporating a former [[limestone]] quarry set within what was known as Building Hill. It appears that spoil heaps were shaped and mounded to create distinctive paths amongst steep sided hummocks. The effect was to afford the Victorian user plenty of opportunity to perambulate within a relatively small green area.
▲The park was opened by [[John Candlish]], Lord Mayor MP of Sunderland on 21 May 1857.
On the day of the park's opening on 12 May 1857, shops closed early as thousands of people flocked to attend the ceremony. An extension to Mowbray Park, from the railway cutting to Borough Road, was opened on 11 July 1866.
[[File:War Memorial - Mowbray Gardens Sunderland - geograph.org.uk - 514158.jpg|thumb|200px|left|Sunderland War Memorial located just outside
It was opened in 1857 in response to a demand for more open spaces in the town.<ref name="BH">{{cite web|title=A brief history of Mowbray Park |url=http://www.sunderland.gov.uk/libraries/Leaflets/Mowbray_Park.pdf |work=City of Sunderland Council |accessdate=
The [[Second World War]]
Following the war, the park fell into neglect.
Following a public campaign, in 1994 work began on restoring the park to its Victorian glory, funded by a £3.3 million [[Grant (money)|grant]] from the [[Heritage Lottery Fund]],<ref name="ref1" /> described as: ''"The jewel in the crown of the city centre regeneration"''.<ref name="hlf">{{cite web|title=Mowbray Gardens |url=http://www.hlf.org.uk/NR/rdonlyres/C1AC5891-7AC5-41C3-A152-C94527F9EEB3/464/MowbrayGardens1.pdf |work=Heritage Lottery Fund |accessdate=
In the first year following re-opening, the park received over 800,000 visitors, making it the most visited attraction outside
==Structures==
===William Hall Drinking Fountain===
The [[cast iron]] drinking fountain was constructed by [[Glenfield and Kennedy]] of [[Kilmarnock]] and erected in 1878 by the [[Manchester Unity of Oddfellows]].<ref name="BH"/><ref name="WHDF">{{cite web | title=William Hall Drinking Fountain | url=http://www.sunderland.gov.uk/apps/ListedBuildings/lbbuildingdetails.asp?Id=920-1/20/146&keyword=mowbray&Ownership=&Address3=&Grade= | work=Sunderland City Council | accessdate=
===Victoria Hall disaster
{{main|Victoria Hall disaster}}
Mowbray Park was the original site of the memorial for the [[Victoria Hall disaster]] of 1883 in which 183 children were trampled to death in the Victoria Hall, which overlooked Mowbray Park. The marble statue of a mother holding her dead child was later moved to [[Bishopwearmouth Cemetery]], but in 2002 it was restored and moved back to the park.
===Statue of Henry Havelock===
The Havelock statue, constructed in 1861, is located on Building Hill at the south of the park and commemorates [[Henry Havelock|Sir Henry Havelock]], a celebrated military general born in [[Bishopwearmouth]]. Either side of the statue are [[cannon]]s, named Joshua and Caleb, replicas of those captured from the [[Russia]]ns during the [[Crimean war]].<ref name="NEWMP">{{cite web | title=Guns in Mowbray Park | url=http://www.newmp.org.uk/article.php?categoryid=100&articleid=1328 | work=North East War Memorials Project | accessdate=
The over life-sized bronze
===Statue of Jack Crawford===
[[Jack Crawford (sailor)|Jack Crawford]], born in Sunderland, was honoured for bravery when he climbed the mast of his ship,
The monument is signed and dated "Percy Wood fecit
===Statue of John Candlish===
Roughly in the centre of the park, stands a statue of [[John Candlish]], who was [[mayor]] and later [[Member of Parliament]] for [[Sunderland (UK Parliament constituency)|Sunderland]] from 1866 to 1874.
The statue is signed and dated "C Bacon Sc London 1875", with the founder's mark "H Young & Co. Art Founders Pimlico".<ref name="JoC">{{cite web | title=Statue of John Candlish MP | url=http://www.sunderland.gov.uk/apps/ListedBuildings/lbbuildingdetails.asp?Id=920-1/20/147&keyword=mowbray&Ownership=&Address3=&Grade= | work=Sunderland City Council | accessdate=
===Walrus===
Sunderland has strong links with author [[Lewis Carroll]]
==Gallery==
<gallery mode="packed">
Image:William Hall Drinking Fountain.jpg|William Hall Drinking Fountain
Image:Victoria Hall Memorial.png|[[Victoria Hall disaster]] Memorial
Image:Sunderland - Monument To Jack Crawford
Image:Havelock & cannon.jpg|Statue of [[Henry Havelock|General Havelock]]
Image:John Candlish statue.jpg|Statue of [[John Candlish]]
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==External links==
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/wear/content/panoramas/mowbray_park_view1_360.shtml BBC Wear]
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/wear/content/panoramas/mowbray_park_bandstand_360.shtml BBC Wear]
==References==
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[[Category:Parks and open spaces in Tyne and Wear]]
[[Category:Urban public parks]]
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[[Category:Grade II listed buildings in Tyne and Wear]]
[[Category:Sunderland]]
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