Erection date: 22/4/1903
{Either side of a cartouche/shield:}
Mission founded 1887
Buildings erected 1903
This column was fixed by Alexander McArthur Esq. JP, DL, April 22nd 1903.
EC1, City Road
The building is also known as the Imperial Hall. Up the top, in an Art Nouveau swirl the building is dated 1903. The plaques are, left to right: Reed, McArthur, Strathcona, Marshall.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Leysian Mission - McArthur
From Wesley's Chapel and from Kay: The Leys School was opened in Cambridge i...
Born Ireland. Brother to William. Emigrated to Australia, arriving in 1842. Â ...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Leysian Mission - McArthur
Go to Marshall's page to see the actual trowel with which this column was fix...
{Either side of a cartouche/shield:} Mission founded 1887 Buildings erected 1...
{Either side of a cartouche/shield:} Mission founded 1887 Buildings erected 1...
"The beauty of trees..." is a quotation from Hutcheson.
April 2016: Our colleague Alan Patient reports that this plaque is now lost, or, at the very least hidden, behind the large "White Space...
In our photo the plaque can be seen on one of the paving stones behind the solo pedestrian.
Unveiled by Sir John Gielgud on the centenary of the first night of An Ideal Husband.
It's believed that this plaque was put in place in the 1980s. Looking for an explanation for its presence here we wonder if Michael Simki...
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