Plaque

Royal Silver Wedding at Barbican

Erection date: 20/11/1972

Inscription

Her Majesty the Queen accompanied by His Royal Highness, the Prince Philip Duke of Edinburgh, fixed this stone to mark the foundation of the Barbican Arts Centre on the occasion of their Silver Wedding, 20th November 1972.

Site: Royal Silver Wedding at Barbican (1 memorial)

EC2, Gilbert walkway, Barbican

This plaque is at the north end of the Gilbert walkway over the water gardens. This Londonist post contains some photos of the Queen visiting on this day.

Comments are provided by Facebook, please ensure you are signed in here to see them

This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Royal Silver Wedding at Barbican

Subjects commemorated i

foundation of the Barbican Arts Centre

1971 - Construction work begins with an estimate of 6 years to completion. 19...

Silver Wedding of Queen & Prince Philip

At the time of their wedding Philip's title was Philip Mountbatten, Duke of E...

This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Royal Silver Wedding at Barbican

Created by i

Queen Elizabeth II

Born 17 Bruton Street, to the Duke and Duchess of York. For information on wh...

Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh

Born at the villa 'Mon Repos', the summer retreat of the Greek royal family, ...

See other memorials in the area

Nearby Memorials

St Margaret Pattens

EC3, Eastcheap

St Margaret Pattens, founded 1067, rebuilt by Wren 1686 - 1688.

2 subjects commemorated

View on map

Swinburne & Watts-Dunton

SW15, Putney Hill, 11

L.C.C. Algernon Charles Swinburne, (1837-1909), -poet-, and his friend, Theodore Watts-Dunton, (1832-1914), poet-novelist-critic, lived a...

2 subjects commemorated, 1 creator

View on map

Hindle House Blitz bomb

E8, Arcola Street, Hindle House

This plaque is in the inner north-east corner of the Hindle estate. See the Hindle House first plaque for more information.

Civilian war dead | WW2
7 subjects commemorated, 1 creator

View on map

Sir Edward Frankland

W2, Lancaster Gate, 14

Sir Edward Frankland, 1825 - 1899, chemical scientist, lived here, 1870 - 1880. English Heritage

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator

View on map

Hilda Doolittle

WC1, Mecklenburgh Square, 44

According to reviews (Guardian and Camden New Journal) of Francesca Wade's 'Square Haunting' Dorothy L. Sayers lived, December 1920 - Dec...

1 subject commemorated

View on map