A BRONZE casting marking the spot where the football player Pak Do-Ik scored the winning goal for North Korea against Italy in the 1966 World Cup is to feature in a new exhibition.

The installation is among many memorials nominated by member of the public in response to a call-out by Historic England to find the secret and lesser-known murals, statues and tributes in the region.

Seven surviving members of North Korea’s 1966 World Cup team and government officials attended a Middlesbrough FC game at the Riverside stadium, when they visited the installation at the town’s former Ayresome Park stadium.

Today, Middlesbrough’s old ground is a housing estate known as The Turnstile. The bronze cast, by artist Neville Gabie, sits between the lawns.

It is one of a selection of memorials put forward that will be unveiled in a new exhibition that opens at The Workshop in Lambeth in London on August 30, at part of Historic England’/s Immortalised season.

The Martineau Guest House, in Tynemouth, named after Harriet Martineau, a prolific author well known for her progressive politics, a statue of fishwife and protector of sailors Dorothy ‘Dolly’ Peel, in South Shields and a statue to commemorate the Jarrow Marchers are among the many memorials nominated.

The search was carried out as part of Historic England’s bid to help people explore the country’s memorial landscape. People from across the region submitted photographs and stories of memorials, locally known and loved, but others that have almost been forgotten.

As well as showcasing some of England’s local monuments, street shrines and community tributes, Immortalised: The People Loved, Left and Lost in our Landscape explores the variety of ways people and events have been commemorated in England, past and present. Stories of immortalisation, from the heroic and sad, to the quirky, inspirational and challenging, are told through photographs, archival material and individual objects presented in an immersive way that gives life and voice to the monuments and memorials on show.

Duncan Wilson, chief executive of Historic England, said: “We are very grateful that so many people living in the North-East took the time to tell us about memorials in their communities and the stories behind them.

“At a time when our national statues and memorials are under increasing scrutiny, we’re delighted to shine a light on these often undiscovered and under-appreciated but precious markers of our past.

Every one of those that’s been nominated has a local champion and someone who cares about it and about the story it tells.

“It’s important for us all to know who has been commemorated in our public spaces and what this can tell us about our history, as we look at how public memorials are evolving today.”