A sculpture of lion a located inside the Lincoln Arboretum off Monks Road, Lincoln, Lincolnshire.
Designed by Felix Austin and John Seeley of London and presented in 1872 to the city of Lincoln by F J Clarke, chemist, (later the mayor of Lincoln between 1883-5).
Lincoln Arboretum is located on land that was given to the abbey of St Mary at York after the Norman Conquest; the land was acquired by the city after the dissolution of St Marys Abbey in the 1530s.
Following the national trend of providing public parks, and with the closure of the nearby Temple Gardens, which had operated on a semi-public basis, the Lincoln Commons Act (1870) was passed. Monks Leys Common, located to the east of the city, was purchased by the Corporation through Act of Parliament.
Authorisation was also given to sell 3 acres (1.2 ha) of the land for residential building purposes to help fund the layout and construction of the Arboretum, which would become Lincoln's first truly public park.
The Arboretum has a lodge at its west entrance on Monks Road, and has three terraces of housing adjoining it to its western edge: Arboretum View, Monks Leys Terrace, and Woodland View.
Information sources:
arcade.lincoln.gov.uk/
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln_Arboretum
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