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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Akihito, Emperor of Japan
Acceded to the Chrysanthemum Throne on 7 January 1989, on the death of his father, Hirohito. Our picture shows him during his 2012 visit, meeting the party girl.
1 memorial
Anne Boleyn
Second wife of Henry VIII and so Queen of England, 1533 to 1536. Though married to Catherine of Aragon, Henry developed a passion for one of her maids of honour, Anne, and so began the whole horri...
6 memorials
Marina, Duchess of Kent
Born Athens into the Greek, Danish and Russian royal families, amongst others. 1934 she married George, Duke of Kent, and their son is Edward, Duke of Kent. Died Kensington Palace.
2 memorials
13 memorials
Tsar Nicholas II and family
The Russian Imperial Romanov family were murdered in Ekaterinburg on the 4th July 1918. Tsar Nicholas of Russia (1868 - 1918) ruled from 1 November 1894 - 15 March 1917. WW1 led to the February Re...
1 memorial
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Hornsey Central Hospital war memorial - James Morton Anderson
N8, Park Road, 151, Hornsey Central Health Centre
This stone was unveiled by Mrs Anderson. 1925: The South Ward was erected and the foundation stone was laid by Mrs Anderson. The memoria...
War dead | WW1
1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
Sidney A. Ward
Resident of the Central Ward, Hendon who served and died in WW1.
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Simon de Montfort's Parliament of 1265
Simon de Montfort, having seized power from King Henry III, called a Parliament with a wider representation catchment than the usual knights and barons; he summoned representatives of cities and bo...
1 memorial
1 memorial
Merton Place
Country house, built about 1750 for Henry Pratt. Lord Nelson arrived here in 1801 after his separation from his wife Fanny. In his time the grounds were extensive, a quarter square mile. He used ...
2 memorials
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