Monument to Major Cartwright in St Mary at Finchley Churchyard
MONUMENT TO MAJOR CARTWRIGHT IN ST MARY AT FINCHLEY CHURCHYARD, HENDON LANE N3
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1246062
- Date first listed:
- 29-Jan-1996
- List Entry Name:
- Monument to Major Cartwright in St Mary at Finchley Churchyard
- Statutory Address:
- MONUMENT TO MAJOR CARTWRIGHT IN ST MARY AT FINCHLEY CHURCHYARD, HENDON LANE N3
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1246062
- Date first listed:
- 29-Jan-1996
- List Entry Name:
- Monument to Major Cartwright in St Mary at Finchley Churchyard
- Statutory Address 1:
- MONUMENT TO MAJOR CARTWRIGHT IN ST MARY AT FINCHLEY CHURCHYARD, HENDON LANE N3
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- MONUMENT TO MAJOR CARTWRIGHT IN ST MARY AT FINCHLEY CHURCHYARD, HENDON LANE N3
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Greater London Authority
- District:
- Barnet (London Borough)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- TQ2490090532
Details
TQ 2490
31-/18/10312
HENDON LANE, N3
Monument to Major Cartwright in St Mary-at-Finchley Churchyard
GV
II
Church monument to Major John Cartwright (1740-1824). Obelisk. Erected 1835 and paid for by public subscription. Yellow oolitic limestone. Square tapering obelisk with armorial and portrait roundels on front, above armorial shield. Inscriptions on east and south sides. Set within damaged kerb with some surviving railings. Cartwright (1740-1824) was a leading Radical of the
period 1775-1824 and was known by the title of the 'Father of Reform'. He founded the Society for Constitutional Information and published numerous works advocating Universal Suffrage. The monument was erected in 1835 and paid for by public subscription (The Mirror, 19 December 1835). Full inscription (no longer legible) given in Barnet Press and Finchley Borough News, 13 April 1935.
Listing NGR: TQ2490090532
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 454395
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Barnet Press and Finchley Borough News in 13 April, (1935)
The Mirror in 19 December, (1835)
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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