Monument

Queen Caroline memorial

Erection date: 1990

Inscription

To the memory of Queen Caroline, wife of George II, for whom the Long Water and Serpentine were created between 1727 - 1731.

Unveiled by the Queen.

W2, Hyde Park

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Queen Caroline memorial

Queen consort of George II. Born Ansbach. She and her husband came to Brita...

Born Hanover, Germany, died Kensington, Palace, London. Reigned: 1727 - 1760....

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Queen Caroline memorial

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

The panel facing the road has no letters left at all, only the holes in which the letters were fixed but from these it is, surprisingly, ...

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The monument is very weather-worn but the two panels containing the names are crisp so we think they have been recently re-carved. WW2 su...

War dead, Civilian war dead | WW1, WW2, Other war
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Built 1671-7, designed by Christopher Wren and Robert Hooke as a monument to the Great Fire and as a scientific instrument. Each step is ...

10 subjects commemorated, 1 creator

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This bronze statue, called The Mother of Modern Theatre, is based on an iconic photograph of Littlewood in the 1970s, when the theatre wa...

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On site we thought there were only 2 inscriptions but IWM gives the text of 3. It seems likely that the 4th face also carried text origin...

3 subjects commemorated, 1 creator

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