Monument

Henry Reader Williams Clock Tower

Inscription

{On the front above the (defunct) drinking fountain:}
Erected by subscription in appreciation and recognition of the public services rendered by Henry Reader Williams Esq. JP, to the district of Hornsey during a period of twenty-one years. June 1895.

The bas-relief of Williams is by Sir Albert Gilbert.

Site: Crouch End Clock Tower & Henry Reading Williams (3 memorials)

N8, The Broadway

There is a clock dial on each of the four facades, and they are all working - August 2004 anyway. Above each dial is inscribed "1895".

Behind the tower two trees have been planted, each with a plaque on the ground:
tree on right in the picture - Clock Tower centenary
tree on left:, behind the tower in the picture, F Neuner.

In April 2006 a local magazine was asking, with reference to the Ordinance Survey benchmark on the tower's west face, at the base, why it had been painted blue.

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This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Henry Reader Williams Clock Tower

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Henry Reader Williams

JP, chairman of the Hornsey School and Hornsey Local Board. Active in the Po...

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This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Henry Reader Williams Clock Tower

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Sir Alfred Gilbert

Sculptor and goldsmith.  Born 13 Berners Street.  Eloped with his first cousi...

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This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Henry Reader Williams Clock Tower

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Clock Tower centenary

Clock Tower centenary

Planted on 25th June 1995 to celebrate the spirit and vitality of the childre...

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Frederick Neuner

Frederick Neuner

In memory of Frederick Neuner 1919 - 1995, Alderman and Councillor 1952 - 19...

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