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Plaque

Coronation railings

Inscription

The railings erected to commemorate the coronation of HM Queen Elizabeth II were presented to the parish church by the Piccadilly and St James's Association.

Site: St James's Piccadilly (4 memorials)

W1, Piccadilly

Standing in Piccadilly one sees 4 memorials on the wall: from left to right: Sotheran Fountain, Garden, Lyttelton Fountain, Railings. There are 3 more memorials in the garden and a plaque on the building outside our photo, to the left, referring to WW2 bomb damage. 

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This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Coronation railings

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Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II

Queen Elizabeth II.  A London Inheritance's post 2nd June 1953 – Coronation D...

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This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Coronation railings

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This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Coronation railings

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Lyttelton Fountain

Lyttelton Fountain

In Memoriam Laura Lyttelton died Easter day 1886

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Sotheran Fountain

Sotheran Fountain

The book-selling business set up by her husband still trades as Sotheran's Ra...

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St james's Garden - people of London - stone

St james's Garden - people of London - stone

In a 1946 British Pathe news film one sees that the Garden of Remembrance was...

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Nearby Memorials

Bell Moor House - Barratt

Bell Moor House - Barratt

NW3, East Heath Road, Bellmoor

There are two other plaques on the front of this building. They don't commemorate anything so we can't really enter them as memorials but...

2 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
George Inn - Historic Southwark

George Inn - Historic Southwark

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Regency Estate opened by the Prince of Wales

Regency Estate opened by the Prince of Wales

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1 subject commemorated, 2 creators
St Mary Rotherhithe Free School

St Mary Rotherhithe Free School

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Princess Seraphine Astafieva

Princess Seraphine Astafieva

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It was here that she taught, amongst others, Marie Rambert, Margot Fonteyn, Alicia Markova, and Anton Dolin, many of whom went on to danc...

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator