Statue

Holborn Viaduct - Fitz Eylwin

Erection date: 1868

Inscription

{On a granite plaque below the statue:}
Henry Fitz Eylwin, Mayor 1189 to 1212.

Site: Holborn Viaduct - Fitz Eylwin (1 memorial)

EC4, Holborn Viaduct

Holborn Viaduct is watched over by four memorial statues:
north-west corner - Walworth
south-west corner - Fitz Eylwin
south-east corner - Gresham
north-east corner - Myddelton.

The Walworth page contains information about Holborn Viaduct itself.

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This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Holborn Viaduct - Fitz Eylwin

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Henry Fitz Eylwin

The first recorded Mayor of London: 1189 to 1212. Alternative spelling: Fitz-...

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This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Holborn Viaduct - Fitz Eylwin

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Henry Bursill

Bursill also sculpted the allegorical statues on Holborn bridge and seems to ...

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