• History Trail

    Memorial to the Crimean War and Indian Mutiny

    Article by Elizabeth Wells, Archivist, first published in The Elizabethan Newsletter, 2018 The pink granite column which stands in Broad Sanctuary, opposite the Hawksmoor Towers at the west front of the Abbey often goes unnoticed by the crowds of tourists that gather there each day. Up until recently, even if they had wished to know more about the monument they…