Event    From 2000  To 2001

The Millennium

Categories: Tourism / Traditions

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This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
The Millennium

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Blackfriars sundial

Can we guess what 'building products' Ibstock contributed, and how many? Diff...

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Bromley Millennium Rock

Bromley Millennium Rock This boulder of Lewisian Gneiss from Lochinver in Nor...

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Chelsea Pensioner statue

Commissioned by the Royal Hospital Chelsea to commemorate the Second Millenni...

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Enfield Millennium Fountain

The Millennium Fountain by Wendy Taylor CBE. Unveiled by the Worshipful the M...

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High Path Estate horse trough

There is another trough with the same inscription further west along the road.

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first meeting of the Gorsedd

first meeting of the Gorsedd

First meeting of the Gorsedd of the Bards of the Isle of Britain.  We have to admit that the photograph is not actually of the very first meeting.

Event, Tourism / Traditions, Wales

1 memorial
London Stone

London Stone

Elizabeth I's occultist, John Dee, believed this stone had magic powers. Elsewhere you may read that it is connected to the Roman Brutus but that story was fabricated in 1862. The Museum of London ...

Building, Romans, Tourism / Traditions

2 memorials
Chislehurst Caves

Chislehurst Caves

'Caves' is a misnomer, as they are entirely man-made chalk and flint mines. The earliest mention of them is around 1250, and it is believed that they were last worked in the 1830s. In World War 1, ...

Place, Tourism / Traditions

1 memorial
Tercentenary of the coronation of William and Mary

Tercentenary of the coronation of William and Mary

King William and Queen Mary reigned jointly from 1689 until Mary died in 1694, after which William ruled alone until his death in 1702.  They were first cousins and had married in 1677.  Mary was d...

Event, Royalty, Tourism / Traditions

1 memorial
Henry Croft

Henry Croft

The original Pearly King. Born in the St Pancras Workhouse (now, 2015, the St Pancras Hospital, immediately north of St Pancras Gardens). His mother was in and out of the workhouse, sometimes givin...

Person, Tourism / Traditions

2 memorials

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Putney Town Rowing Club

Putney Town Rowing Club

SW15, Embankment, Dukes Head

When we published this in January 2012 we asked for help in naming the sculptor.  Mick has kindly contacted us himself, and October 2012,...

1 subject commemorated, 2 creators
Job Drain

Job Drain

Soldier. Born Job Henry Charles Drain in Barking, Essex. In WW1 he was a driver in the 37th Battery, Royal Field Artillery. On 26 August 1914 at Le Cateau, France, he and another driver saved two B...

Person, Armed Forces, France

3 memorials
London County Council

London County Council

Prior to the LCC London matters were run by church parishes. The LCC was the first directly elected strategic local government body for London. Replaced by the Greater London Council, covering a la...

Group, Politics & Administration

283 memorials
Dr Katharine Giles

Dr Katharine Giles

Dr Giles worked at the Centre for Polar Observation & Modelling, Department of Earth Sciences, University College London.  From her own website: "I am a NERC Postdoctoral Research Fellow and my...

Person, Cyclist, Tragedy

1 memorial