Detail view of a plaque in the park relating the history of the 'Khyber Pass' rock feature

Date:
20 Apr 2010
Location:
East Park, Holderness Road, City Of Kingston Upon Hull
Reference:
DP116176
Type:
Photograph (Digital)
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Description

The plaque reads 'Hull City Council Khyber Pass This "folly" was originally the site of a copy of an Arab doorway from Zanzibar, used at the entrance to the East African Pavilion at the British Empire Exhibition held in 1928, and later erected in East Park in 1930.'

Content

This is part of the Job: 2K/17129 East Park, Holderness Road, Kingston Upon Hull; within the Volume: BF112784 Buildings Of England: City Guide To Kingston Upon Hull; within the Series: EHC01/168 Buildings Of England: City Guide To Kingston Upon Hull; within the Collection: EHC01 English Heritage(Eh):Archive

Rights

© Historic England Archive

People & Organisations

Photographer: Skingle, Bob

Keywords

Plaque, Park