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Latitude: 51.5467 / 51°32'48"N
Longitude: -0.1032 / 0°6'11"W
OS Eastings: 531624
OS Northings: 184799
OS Grid: TQ316847
Mapcode National: GBR GK.8MZ
Mapcode Global: VHGQT.5D93
Plus Code: 9C3XGVWW+MP
Entry Name: Boer War Memorial and Flanking Cannon
Listing Date: 30 September 1994
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1298031
English Heritage Legacy ID: 368965
ID on this website: 101298031
Location: Canonbury, Islington, London, N5
County: London
District: Islington
Electoral Ward/Division: Highbury East
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Islington
Traditional County: Middlesex
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Greater London
Church of England Parish: St Mary Magdelene and St David Holloway
Church of England Diocese: London
Tagged with: Statue War memorial
ISLINGTON
TQ3184NE HIGHBURY FIELDS
635-1/46/455 (South side)
Boer War memorial and flanking
cannon
GV II
War memorial. At the corner of Highbury Fields between
Highbury Crescent and Highbury Place. 1905. By Bertram
Mackennal. Plinth of granite, pedestal of Portland stone with
bronze plaques, the cornice to the south loaded with emblems
of war in bronze, the bronze statue above a female figure
holding up a wreath. The memorial is flanked by two cast-iron
cannon which may not form part of the original memorial.
(A.Stuart Gray: Edwardian architecture. A biographical
dictionary: London: 1985-).
Listing NGR: TQ3162384798
This List entry has been amended to add sources for War Memorials Online and the War Memorials Register. These sources were not used in the compilation of this List entry but are added here as a guide for further reading, 16 February 2017.
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