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Victoria Fountain (Merdeka Square)
Victoria Fountain may refer to: __NOTOC__ * Victoria Fountain (Old Steine Gardens), a fountain in Old Steine Gardens, Brighton, England * Victoria Fountain (The Plain), a fountain on The Plain, Oxford, England * Baroness Burdett Coutts Drinking Fountain, a fountain in Victoria Park, London {{geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victoria Fountain (Old Steine Gardens)
The Old Steine Gardens in Brighton, Brighton and Hove, East Sussex, England, adjacent to the Old Steine thoroughfare, are the site of several monuments of national historic significance. Background The Old Steine was originally an open green space with a stream in the fishing village of Brighthelmstone. Local fishermen stored their boats and allowed their nets to dry there. With the passage of time, however, the fishing community was excluded. The area was drained and enclosed, and visitors to the area used the Steine to promenade. The Old Steine transformed from an area of occupation to one devoted to recreation, in the seaside resort of Brighton. By the eighteenth century, buildings started to appear on the Old Steine. The first building to appear on the eastern side of the Steine was a circulating library built in 1760. The eastern lawns of the Royal Pavilion, originally built as a seaside retreat for George IV of the United Kingdom, George, Prince of Wales, were at one time ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victoria Fountain (The Plain)
The Plain is an important junction, now a roundabout constructed in 1950, just east of Magdalen Bridge in Oxford, England. To the east and southeast are St Clement's, Cowley Road and Iffley Road which leads to the Liddell Buildings of Christ Church on the other side of the Christ Church Meadow. Magdalen College School is to the south. Cowley Place, also to the south, leads to St Hilda's College, the most easterly college of the University of Oxford. The Plain received its name after the parish church of St Clement's which stood here until 1829. The roundabout is the site of the former churchyard. South African War Memorial A war memorial dedicated to the 142 men of the First Battalion Oxfordshire Light Infantry who died in the Second Boer War (1899-1902) stood on the site of the former churchyard from 1903 to 1950. The memorial is currently at Edward Brookes Barracks in Abingdon. Victoria Fountain The Plain includes a small but prominent building facing Magdalen Bri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
