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Latitude: 51.5629 / 51°33'46"N
Longitude: -0.0778 / 0°4'39"W
OS Eastings: 533338
OS Northings: 186642
OS Grid: TQ333866
Mapcode National: GBR HC.929
Mapcode Global: VHGQM.LZR8
Plus Code: 9C3XHW7C+5V
Entry Name: Monument to James Braidwood in Abney Park Cemetery
Listing Date: 24 March 1997
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1257293
English Heritage Legacy ID: 464038
ID on this website: 101257293
Location: Abney Park Cemetery, Stoke Newington, Hackney, London, N16
County: London
District: Hackney
Electoral Ward/Division: Stoke Newington
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Hackney
Traditional County: Middlesex
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Greater London
Church of England Parish: St Mary Stoke Newington
Church of England Diocese: London
Tagged with: Monument
TQ 3386
735/12/10060
STOKE NEWINGTON HIGH STREET, N16 (west side)
Monument to James Braidwood in Abney Park Cemetery
GV
II
Monument to James Braidwood (1800-1861). A stone pedestal with coved frieze and wreath-capped terminal erected in memory of the leading fireman of his day, who did much to establish the profession of firefighting. From 1832 the superintendent of the Fire Engine Establishment, he lost his life in the great Tooley Street fire of 22 June 1861, and was buried here on 29 June as a national hero. Listed for historical reasons.
Listing NGR: TQ3333886642
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