Richard Cobden Statue

The bronze figure of Richard Cobden stands atop a tall granite pedestal, clutching a roll of papers and gesturing as if mid-speech. He was a Manchester manufacturer who led the campaign to repeal the Corn Laws, which had kept food prices artificially high to protect wealthy landowners. In eighteen sixty-seven, two years after his death, supporters erected this statue to honor his advocacy for free trade. It remains a fixture in the city, marking the site where he once championed the common worker.