[Carved into the granite above the water spout:}
Presented by 600 inhabitants of Teddington as a memento of the Jubilee of 1887.
[On a modern plaque attached to another face:}
Restored by the residents of Teddington, as a memento of the Jubilee of 2002.
The new plaque (not shown) is rather brash but we like how the wording refers back to the earlier inscription.
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This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria - Teddington
The fiftieth anniversary of the accession of Queen Elizabeth II. The Golden ...
The fiftieth anniversary of the accession of Queen Victoria was celebrated on...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria - Teddington
The gardens’ information board is interesting: St George’s Gardens was one of the very first burial grounds to be established away from ...
The inscription text is taken from a modern (and indeed rather nasty) plaque attached to the east side of the plinth. For our close-up s...
The Latin quotation is interesting. It is from the Bible, Proverbs 3;16, and our Latin consultant, David Hopkins, translates it as "In h...
The date and the rather crudely carved tulip-like outline are on a separate piece of granite, and the Honble. Mrs Rashleigh had been dead...
The King James Bible, Mark XV 43, describes Joseph of Arimathea as "an honourable counsellor". There must be a reason why a royal agreed ...
The Trust works in poor areas situated in four of the most deprived wards in the UK, providing support, advice and services.
Catling wrote the poem as well as creating the sculpture. Doesn't that cushion look lovely and comfy - just the place to lay a weary head...
It can trace its origins back to 1553, when King Edward VI re-established St Thomas' hospital, having been closed during the Reformation. In 1721, Thomas Guy funded the building of the hospital whi...
Set up to install a network of water mains that would deliver hydraulic power through the use of water under high pressure, water from the Thames. The network extended from Hyde Park to Docklands ...
The fiftieth anniversary of the accession of Queen Victoria was celebrated on Monday 20 June 1887. In George Gissing's 1894 novel 'In the Year of Jubilee' characters discuss whether to participate...
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