Virginia Quay Settlers Monument

The land-facing side of the monument
The river-facing side of the monument. The flags are at half-mast for the death of Prince Philip.

The Virginia Quay Settlers Monument is a public monument in Tower Hamlets, London, to the first settlers of the Colony of Virginia who departed from here in 1606.[1][2] The monument has its origins in a plaque erected on the Brunswick Dock master's house in 1928. The house was badly damaged by bombing during the Second World War and in 1951 the plaque was incorporated into a monument erected during development of the site into the Brunswick Wharf Power Station. The monument was designed by Harold Brown and consisted of rough-hewn granite blocks from the walls of the West India Docks surmounted by a bronze sculpture of a mermaid. The mermaid was later stolen. The monument was refurbished by Barratt Homes during redevelopment in 1999. A polished granite plinth was added and the mermaid replaced by a mariner's astrolabe sculpted by Wendy Taylor. The monument is currently located on the riverside facing the Millennium Dome.

  1. ^ Winn, Christopher (2010). I Never Knew That about the River Thames. Ebury Press. pp. 222–223. ISBN 978-0-09-193357-9.
  2. ^ America's 400th Anniversary: The Quadricentennial Commemoration of the Founding of Jamestown 1607–2007: Final Report of the Jamestown 400th Commemoration Commission. Jamestown 400th Commemoration Commission. 2009. p. 76. ISBN 978-0-16-082096-0.