Description

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.

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26585561

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