Plaque

Records tagged with Type of Memorial: Plaque

Plaque to commemorate a visit to the Grassmarket Community Project by Camilla Duchess of Rothesay

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Inscription: 

To commemorate the visit of
HRH The Duchess of Rothesay
to the Grassmarket Community Project
1st of June 2011
Camilla

Erected by: 
Grassmarket Community Project
Designed by: 
Grassmarket Community Project
Date: 
1st June, 2011
Material: 
wooden with pyrographic lettering
Location:
On the wall inside the entrance, adjacent to the front door, Grassmarket Community Project
86 Candlemaker Row
Edinburgh, EH1 2QA
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Plaque to Camilla Duchess of Rothesay at Grassmarket Community, Edinburgh

Plaque in memory of Helen Crummy

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Inscription: 

Women of Achievement
HELEN CRUMMY
Community Activist

Material: 
metal
Location:
Craigmillar Community Arts Centre (inside entrance)
58 Newcraighall Road
Edinburgh, EH15 3HS
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Plaque to Helen Crummy at the Craigmillar Community Arts Centre
Plaque to Helen Crummy at the Craigmillar Community Arts Centre
Plaque to Helen Crummy at the Craigmillar Community Arts Centre

Plaque to Agnes Craig McElhose

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Inscription: 

NEAR THIS SPOT
RESIDED
“CLARINDAâ€
1787 FRIEND 1791
OF ROBERT BURNS
1937 ERECTED BY CLARINDA BURNS CLUB

Erected by: 
Clarinda Burns Club
Date: 
1937
Material: 
Bronze
Location:
On side of building
Potterrow
Edinburgh, EH8 9AL
Additional information: 

Plaque removed, possibly in the 1960s by Edinburgh University when developing the site. It was found again at Lady Stair's House (the Writer's Museum) and re-erected in 1993 by the Clarinda Burns Club.

Plaque to Ishbel Gordon

Material: 
Wood
Location:
Methlick Parish Church
Methlick, ABD, AB41 7DS
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Plaque in Methlick Parish church

Plaque to Margaret Manson Graham

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Inscription: 

Margaret Manson Graham
Nurse and Missionary : Rescuer of children abandoned to die: Devoted her life to Christian Work in Nigeria
Born Orphir 1860 + Died Arochuku 1933

Date: 
1964
Material: 
Bronze
Location:
St Magnus Cathedral, Kirkwall, Orkney.
Broad Street
Kirkwall, KW15 1NX
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Plaque to Margaret Manson Graham
Plaque to Margaret Manson Graham

Plaque on site of Flora MacDonald's school

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Inscription: 

Old Stamp Office Close
..............
..............
Flora MacDonald attended school here.

Material: 
Bronze
Location:
Old Stamp Office Close
221 High Street, Royal Mile
Edinburgh , EH1 1PX
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Plaque mentioning inter alia Flora MacDonald
Plaque mentioning inter alia Flora MacDonald

Memorial plaque

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Inscription: 

‘Sacred to the memory of her Royal highness the late Princess Charlotte Augusta, Daughter of his Royal highness the Prince Regent, Consort of his Serene highness Prince Leopold of Saxe Coburg and heiress of the British Crown, being just delivered of a still born son, Died on the 6th November 1817 aged 22 years, much lamented by all the Nation, who hoped to have been blessed in her Succession…
‘But death's strong hand struck such a blow
as like has laid their bodies low.
which stroke cost many mournful sighs,
But their souls are happy 'bove the skies
So therefore now our grief must cease
God will in time supply their place.’

Erected by: 
Interbild
Date: 
1986
Material: 
Metal
Location:
Corner of Dundee Road and Victoria Road, Broughty Ferry
Images: 
Photograph of the memorial plaque to Princess Charlotte Augusta
Additional information: 

This metal plaque dates back only as far as 1986. In 1901, when the house that stood in these grounds was called Viewfield, the owner Mr Oglivie demolished a small cottage in the grounds and discovered a headstone-shaped stone, bearing the inscription above, hidden within the cottage. The stone was of local sandstone, possibly from the nearby quarries at Carmyllie or Denfind. Viewfield was renamed Burnbank House in the 1920s but demolished in 1986. By this time, the memorial stone was considered beyond preservation, but the local builder who developed the new residential properties in the grounds placed a metal replica in the boundary wall.

Local legend has it that Charlotte and her husband had travelled to his homeland, against the wishes of the Prince Regent and Parliament, to take advantage of better medical facilities there. Their ship was blown off course in a storm, and the couple were forced to take refuge in the Tay Estuary. Charlotte went into labour and subsequently gave birth in a small cottage at West Ferry, where she and the baby died. The locals were sworn to secrecy and the bodies were both taken back to London before the official announcement was made.

However, the circumstances of Princess Charlotte’s death shortly after midnight on November 6th, 1817, at Claremont House, Surrey, are well documented.

Despite the outpouring of grief at her death, there seem to be remarkably few memorials to Princess Charlotte in the United Kingdom. Notable exceptions are her magnificent monument in St George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle, and the recently restored obelisk at Red House Park, West Bromwich.

The origin of the original Broughty Ferry memorial remains a mystery. The shape of the memorial stone, similar to local gravestones, could indicate that the stone was intended to stand outside, perhaps even in a cemetery. A local resident, a Bletchley Park veteran, also proposed that there was a hidden clue encoded in the wording of the verse included in the inscription, suggesting some significance in the use of 'place' rather than 'peace'.

War memorial which includes the name of Helen Milne.

Dedicated to: 
Location:
St Giles Cathedral, Edinburgh
Royal Mile
Edinburgh, EH1 1RE
Images: 
Photograph of section of memorial showing Helen Milne's name

War memorial which includes Margaret B. Marnoch

Dedicated to: 
Location:
St Giles Cathedral
Royal Mile
Edinburgh, EH1 1RE
Images: 
The name Margaret B Marnoch on the SWH memorial
Additional information: 

This is one name amongst many.

Memorial tablet to Elizabeth Blackadder

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Inscription: 

The Edinburgh Award
Elizabeth Blackadder
2012

Erected by: 
The City of Edinburgh Council
Date: 
2012
Material: 
stone
Location:
On the ground on the North side of The Quadrangle, Edinburgh City Chambers
253 High Street
Edinburgh, EH1 1YJ
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Plaque on ground at Edinburgh City Chambers to Elizabeth Blackadder
Plaque on ground at Edinburgh City Chambers to Elizabeth Blackadder
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