In the Temple Bar ceremony the Queen, or King, stops so that the Lord Mayor of London can presents the Sword of State as a sign of loyalty. After the Temple Bar was removed this ceremony continued at the Temple Bar memorial and still occurs today. Possibly the memorial was erected primarily to allow this ceremony to continue.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Queen Victoria's first visit to the City of London (as queen)
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Temple Bar memorial - Victoria's first visit to City
{On the south side, below the statue there is a bronze relief showing the cor...
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King Olaf II of Norway
King of Norway 1015 - 1028. Before becoming king he was in London fighting the Danes alongside Ethelred II. Their strategy involved pulling down London Bridge, according to Londonist which has a ...
3 memorials
Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex
Royal prince. Born St Mary's Hospital Paddington, second son (the spare) of Prince Charles and his first wife, Princess Diana.
2 memorials
Baynard’s Castle
There have been two buildings known as Baynard's Castle, on different sites. Just to the east of where Blackfriars station now stands Ralph Baynard erected a Norman fortification in about 1000. Th...
1 memorial
King Lucius
According to Wikipedia: a legendary 2nd-century King of the Britons traditionally credited with introducing Christianity into Britain.
1 memorial
dissolution of the monasteries
In 1534, for reasons not only to do with his marital situation, Henry VIII broke with Rome, the Pope and the Catholic Church. At the time the Catholic monasteries (and abbeys, priories, convents an...
Event, Politics & Administration, Property, Religion, Royalty
3 memorials
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Henry Charles Fehr
Sculptor. Born Forest Hill into a family of Swiss origin. Died London. Other work in London: Passmore Edwards Library E3, Methodist Central Hall (with Henry Poole) and the 1893 Perseus Rescuing ...
13 memorials
Great Storm - Holland Park
W8, Holland Park
28th November 1987 The Worshipful The Mayor, Councillor Mrs Elizabeth Russell, planted the first replacement tree, a Ginkgo Biloba (Maide...
1 subject commemorated,
2 creators
V&A façade - Barry
SW7, Cromwell Road
Excluding the allegories (such as Knowledge) there are 36 statues on the two public façades of the V&A Museum, on Exhibition Road and...
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
Gay Liberation Front
By 1973, GLF had effectively dissipated and had given way to its spin-off organisations.
2 memorials
Edgar Allan Poe
Author and poet. Born Edgar Poe in Boston, Massachusetts, he added Allan to his name in honour of the family who took him in after his father absconded and his mother died. Lived in London from 18...
3 memorials