Magna Carta Memorial
Runnymede Meadow, Near Egham,
1957: Magna Carta Memorial - Standing at the foot of the Cooper's Hill Slopes
is a memorial to the Magna Carta
in the form of a domed classical
temple containing a pillar of English granite on which is inscribed:
'To
commemorate Magna Carta, symbol of Freedom Under Law.'
This was built by the American
Bar Association on land leased by the Magna Carta Trust.
It was paid for by voluntary
contributions of some 9,000 American lawyers.
The memorial was designed by Sir
Edward Maufe R.A. and unveiled on 18 July 1957
at a ceremony attended by
American and English lawyers.
Magna Carta Tea Rooms &
Runnymede 1215
Fairhaven
Memorial Lodges, designed and built by Edwin Lutyens and given to the national
Trust in
1931 by Lady
Fairhaven. They are matched in design by a pair of kiosks at the southern end
of
Runnymede
Meadow, near the Runnymede-On-Thames Hotel.
Urban Hanlon Broughton Memorials :: After
the death of Urban Broughton in 1929, Sir Edwin Lutyens was
commissioned to design a memorial consisting of kiosks and
piers at the Egham end and with lodges and piers
at the
integrating the road layout and bridge design into his
plans for the memorials. The kiosks were moved to their
present location when the M25 motorway was
constructed. There are two octagonal
kiosks with piers facing
each other across the A308 towards Egham. These piers are a
shorter version of those adjacent to the lodges
either side of the same road towards Old Windsor in the
Long Mede area of
The lodges show typical Lutyens design features with
steeply angled roofs, large false chimneys
and no rain water gutters at the eves. The piers carry
similar inscriptions.
The memorials were opened in 1932 by the Prince of Wales
(Edward VIII) and are Grade II listed buildings.
The
Runnymede Meadow extends southwards to the A30 Egham Bypass and comprises some
188 acres in area.
It was
given to the National Trust in 1931 by Lady Fairhaven. The meadows were used as
a site for the
Egham
Racecourse from 1734-1884 when racing was moved to
invading
the Egham meetings. On 31/12/1943 a US
Airfoce B-17 bomber crash landed on the Meadow and all
the crew
escaped unhurt. Beyond the Meadow is
Cooper’s Hill Woods – 110 acres in area,
which was
given to the National Trust in 1964 by Egham Urban District Council.
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