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Fountain

Lyttelton Fountain

Inscription

In Memoriam
Laura Lyttelton died Easter day 1886

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.

The building on Piccadilly, to the east of the garden is the Parish Offices. A plaque in the broken pediment above the door is inscribed in Latin, which translates as "To the glory of the people's safety after the fire of the war the buildings were rebuilt AD 1956."

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This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Lyttelton Fountain

Subjects commemorated i

Laura Lyttelton

Laura was one of the sixteen children of wealthy Scottish industrialist and M...

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This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Lyttelton Fountain

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Coronation railings

Coronation railings

The railings erected to commemorate the coronation of HM Queen Elizabeth II w...

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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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