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Shakespeare's funerary monument, Holy Trinity Church, Stratford The Shakespeare funerary monument is a memorial to William Shakespeare located inside Holy Trinity Church at Stratford-upon-Avon in Warwickshire, the church in which Shakespeare was baptised and where he was buried in the chancel two days after his death. [1]
A monumental inscription is an inscription, typically carved in stone, on a grave marker, cenotaph, memorial plaque, church monument or other memorial. The purpose of monumental inscriptions is to serve as memorials to the dead. Those on gravestones are normally placed there by members of the deceased's family.
A church monument is an architectural or sculptural memorial to a deceased person or persons, located within a Christian church. It can take various forms ranging from a simple commemorative plaque or mural tablet affixed to a wall, to a large and elaborate structure, on the ground or as a mural monument, which may include an effigy of the ...
Park Crescent was damaged during the 1939-1945 war, and the plaque was believed to have been lost or scrapped in the aftermath. 'The Blue Plaque Guide' by Victor Burrows (published with the co-operation of the LCC in 1953) contains a line drawing by E. W. Fenton of 12 Park Crescent with the plaque shown in situ. [107]
The Crazy Horse Memorial is a mountain monument under construction on privately held land in the Black Hills, in Custer County, South Dakota, United States. It will depict the Oglala Lakota warrior Crazy Horse , riding a horse and pointing to his tribal land.
They were initially made at the Memorial Plaque Factory, 54/56 Church Road, Acton, W3, London [2] from 1919. Early Acton-made plaques did not have a number stamped on them but later ones have a number stamped behind the lion's back leg. [2] [4] In December 1920 manufacture was shifted to the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich.
Liverpool City Council commemorative plaque. Commemorative plaques in Merseyside, England, can be found across the region, highlighting notable people, buildings or historic sites. Many of the plaques are issued by authoritative bodies such as a council or a historical society that has a special interest.
Memorial bust of 1891 in the east aisle of Poets' Corner by Albert Bruce-Joy. There is also a 1989 limestone and slate plaque honouring Arnold, by Donald Buttress, in Poets' Corner. [68] Poet Peggy Ashcroft: 1907 1991 83 2005 Floor stone Actress W. H. Auden: 1907 1973 66 1974 Floor stone Poet Jane Austen: 1775 1817 41 1967 Wall tablet Author ...