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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90th birthday of Queen Elizabeth II

90th birthday of Queen Elizabeth II

Queen Elizabeth II was actually born on 21 April 1926, but since 1959 official celebrations have taken place on the second Saturday of June which in 2016 was the 11th.

Event, Royalty, Tourism / Traditions

1 memorial
Martin Spencer

Martin Spencer

Swan Marker and Barge Master of the Vinters Company c.2006-7. Modelled for the figure in the Vintners statue. Deceased by 2023.

Person, Animals, Liveries & Guilds, Tourism / Traditions

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
Notting Hill Carnival

Notting Hill Carnival

1959, 30 January: a "Caribbean Carnival" was held in St Pancras Town Hall.  This annual event was organised by Claudia Jones and directed by Edric Connor (husband of Pearl Connor). It featured caly...

Event, Community / Clubs, Race Issues, Tourism / Traditions, Caribbean Islands

5 memorials
Maypole - St Mary Axe/Leadenhall

Maypole - St Mary Axe/Leadenhall

The maypole, comparable in height to that of the adjacent tower of St Andrew Undershaft, was used each Spring in a celebratory May Day festival. But at the festival on 1 May 1517 the City apprentic...

Place, Tourism / Traditions

2 memorials

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Betty Knight

Betty Knight

Campaigner. Born in Finsbury. In 1996 she was the driving force behind the establishment of the Spa Green Management Organisation, a tenant-run group which looks after this council estate.

Person, Community / Clubs

1 memorial
British Comedy Society / Dead Comics Society

British Comedy Society / Dead Comics Society

Originated in the front room of John Gatenbys' family home in Highgate, during a discussion concerning Peter Seller's nearby childhood home. Out of this the 'Dead Comics Society' was born and their...

Group, Community / Clubs, History, Humour

14 memorials
Evangelista Torricelli

Evangelista Torricelli

Physicist and mathematician, best known for his invention of the barometer.

Person, Science, Italy

1 memorial
Putney Pest House Charity

Putney Pest House Charity

SW15, Commondale

Faded London have done some great research on the history behind this plaque.

16 subjects commemorated
West London Hospital

West London Hospital

It was saved from demolition by the Hammersmith and Fulham Historic Buildings Group and was converted to offices.

Building, Medicine, Property

1 memorial