Erection date: 1990
To the memory of Queen Caroline, wife of George II, for whom the Long Water and Serpentine were created between 1727 - 1731.
Unveiled by the Queen.
Site: Queen Caroline memorial (1 memorial)
W2, Hyde Park
Erection date: 1990
To the memory of Queen Caroline, wife of George II, for whom the Long Water and Serpentine were created between 1727 - 1731.
Unveiled by the Queen.
W2, Hyde Park
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Queen Caroline memorial
Queen consort of George II. Born Ansbach. She and her husband came to Brita...
Born Hanover, Germany, died Kensington, Palace, London. Reigned: 1727 - 1760....
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Queen Caroline memorial
Born 17 Bruton Street, to the Duke and Duchess of York. For information on wh...
This memorial used to be in Puzzle Corner because we were too blind and ignorant to be able to read the letters at the centre of the cros...
We note that the name John B. Freeman appears twice. Whilst this is probably a mistake on the part of the memorial creators we cannot ass...
The monument is made of fine-grained gabbro, polished to a black, mirror-like surface, and sits on contrasting pale matt granite. Unveil...
The way this monument meets the sloping ground has been well thought out: a small platform edged with a low ridge and connected to the pa...
Quotations come from John Maxwell Edmonds and Laurence Binyon.
Built in 1830 by Sir William Dundas. Demolished in 1933 to make way for the flats there now. This extract comes from an 1893 map. The footprint is slightly different in this 1867 map.
Founded as a registered charity by Ivan Saxton who had previously founded the Sir John Barbirolli Commemoration Appeal. Public Memorials Appeal
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