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Commissioned in 1901 to commemorate Queen Victoria it was unveiled by Lord Mayor, Edwin Woodhouse, on November 27, 1905. A memorial committee had been formed in 1901 after the death of the queen, and a subscription fund raised nearly £8,000. The seated bronze figure of the queen was presented on a tall Portland stone plinth with allegorical figures of Peace and Industry. Celebrating British imperial expansion in the Victorian era, a continuous frieze winds around the base with the inscription “INDIA,” “AUSTRALIA,” “CANADA,” and “AFRICA”. The statue was moved in 1937 to a Hyde Park in another part of the city.

This 'moor' is not, as the usual use of the term would imply, unenclosed upland, but a public park to the north-west of Leeds University campus, both sides of Woodhouse Lane, the majority being south-west of the main road, and divided neatly between four adjoining grid squares. Woodhouse Moor was the first of the City parks, bought in 1855; see the Wikipedia entry for a more detailed history.