Northernhay Gardens
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Northernhay Gardens are located in Exeter, Devon, England, on the northern side of Rougemont Castle. They are the oldest public open space in England, being originally laid out in 1612 as a pleasure w
Part of the gardens showing statue by Edward Bowring Stephens (1815–1882) The Deer Stalker, with a section of the castle wall in the background
The war memorial with "Athelstan's Tower" on the city wall behind
Exeter War Memorial
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Exeter War Memorial, also known as The Northernhay War Memorial, is a war memorial in Northernhay Gardens in the city of Exeter, Devon. Designed by John Angel, it was erected by public subscription in
Northernhay Gardens
…by Joseph Boehm. The Volunteer Memorial (1895), designed by S. K. Greenslade, commemorates the formation of the 1st Rifle Volunteers in 1852, and the Exeter War Memorial by local sculptor John Angel was constructed in 1923. The gardens also contain a bandstand. In the mid 1900s the mature avenue of elms lining the central…
Exeter City War Memorial framed by trees
Detail of the figure of Victory and the dragon
Detail of the VAD nurse
Detail of the sailor