Obelisk At Junction With Cricket Green Formerly Within The Grounds Of The Canons / Obelisk At Junction With Madeira Road

Date:
19 Aug 1999
Location:
Obelisk At Junction With Cricket Green Formerly Within The Grounds Of The Canons, Madeira Road, Mitcham, Merton, Greater London, CR4 4LB
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Obelisk At Junction With Madeira Road, Cricket Green, Mitcham, Merton, Greater London, CR4 4LB
Reference:
IOE01/02201/26
Type:
Photograph (Digital)
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Description

This information is taken from the statutory List as it was in 2001 and may not be up to date.

LONDON BOROUGH OF MERTON MADEIRA ROAD, Mitcham TQ 2768 (north side) 12/95 Obelisk at junction with Cricket Green (formerly 7.5.54 within the grounds of The Canons) GV II

Monument. 1822. Rendered. Obelisk. Inset Portland stone tablet inscribed: 'In grateful recollection of the goodness of God through whose favours water has been provided for this neighbourhood/God opened the rock and the waters gushed out, they ran in dry places like a river. Psalm CV v 41/He turneth dry ground into water springs. Psalm CVII V 35 / Let everything that hath breath praise the Lord. Psalm CL v 6 / A fountain shall water the valley. Joel III v 18'. Erected to commemorate relief of a serious drought.

Listing NGR: TQ2777968288

Content

This is part of the Series: IOE01/1962 IOE Records taken by Christopher Strevens; within the Collection: IOE01 Images Of England

Rights

© Mr Christopher Strevens. Source: Historic England Archive

This photograph was taken for the Images of England project

People & Organisations

Photographer: Strevens, Christopher

Rights Holder: Strevens, Christopher

Keywords

Render, Georgian Obelisk, Gardens Parks And Urban Spaces, Garden Ornament, Commemorative Monument, Commemorative