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New Gravel Pit Chapel - plaque

Erection date: 1999

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These railings were designed with pupils from Morningside School in 1999. They were inspired by the natural beauty of the site and the history of the New Gravel Pit Chapel, which stood on this site from 1810-1970, and its graveyard.

Project managed by Groundwork Hackney.
Designed by Cazenove Architects Co-operative.
Fabricated by Fashweld Metalworks.

The Heart of Hackney; Groundwork Hackney; London Borough of Hackney

Site: New Gravel Pit Chapel (3 memorials)

E9, Mead Place

In our photo the plaque is lost behind the bramble branches to the right of the right-most panel. We have captured 2 of the c.5 sculpted panels. The others are either impossible to see through the (quite spiky) foliage, or represent purely decorative elements, such as plants, and contain no historic or commemorative items, as far as we could see.

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This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
New Gravel Pit Chapel - plaque

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New Gravel Pit Chapel

The first Gravel Pit Chapel was built for a Presbyterian congregation in 1715...

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New Gravel Pit Chapel - plaque

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Cazenove Architects Co-operative

From their website: "Established in its present form in 1998, Cazenove Archit...

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Groundwork

An environmental agency based in Birmingham. It works with communities across...

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Hackney Council

Hackney Council was created in 1965 from the 3 Metropolitan Borough Councils ...

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This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
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New Gravel Pit Chapel - names

New Gravel Pit Chapel - names

Given that the garden behind this wall was part of the graveyard around New G...

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Herbert Morrison - Bromley

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