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South Bank Lion, the Glossary

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1837 sculptures
Animal sculptures in London
Grade II* listed buildings in the London Borough of Lambeth
Sculptures of lions in the United Kingdom
Stone sculptures in London

Air pollution

Air pollution is the contamination of air due to the presence of substances called pollutants in the atmosphere that are harmful to the health of humans and other living beings, or cause damage to the climate or to materials.

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Artificial stone

Artificial stone is a name for various synthetic stone products produced from the 18th century onward.

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British Rail

British Railways (BR), which from 1965 traded as British Rail, was a state-owned company that operated most rail transport in Great Britain from 1948 to 1997.

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Cambridge University R.U.F.C.

The Cambridge University Rugby Union Football Club, sometimes abbreviated "CURUFC", is the rugby union club of the University of Cambridge.

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Central London

Central London is the innermost part of London, in England, spanning the City of London and several boroughs.

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Clean Air Act 1956

The Clean Air Act 1956 (4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 52) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom enacted principally in response to London's Great Smog of 1952.

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Coade stone

Coade stone or Lithodipyra or Lithodipra is stoneware that was often described as an artificial stone in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.

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County Hall, London

County Hall (sometimes called London County Hall) is a building in the district of Lambeth, London that was the headquarters of London County Council (LCC) and later the Greater London Council (GLC). South Bank Lion and County Hall, London are Grade II* listed buildings in the London Borough of Lambeth.

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Cultural depictions of lions

The lion has been an important symbol to humans for tens of thousands of years.

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English Heritage

English Heritage (officially the English Heritage Trust) is a charity that manages over 400 historic monuments, buildings and places.

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Festival of Britain

The Festival of Britain was a national exhibition and fair that reached millions of visitors throughout the United Kingdom in the summer of 1951.

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George IV

George IV (George Augustus Frederick; 12 August 1762 – 26 June 1830) was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and King of Hanover from 29 January 1820 until his death in 1830.

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Gold leaf

A gold nugget of 5 mm (0.2 in) in diameter (bottom) can be expanded through hammering into a gold foil of about 0.5 m2 (5.4 sq ft). Toi gold mine museum, Japan. Gold leaf is gold that has been hammered into thin sheets (usually around 0.1 μm thick) by a process known as goldbeating, for use in gilding.

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Grange Road, Cambridge

Grange Road is a street in Cambridge, England.

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Greater London Council

The Greater London Council (GLC) was the top-tier local government administrative body for Greater London from 1965 to 1986.

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Hungerford Bridge and Golden Jubilee Bridges

The Hungerford Bridge crosses the River Thames in London, and lies between Waterloo Bridge and Westminster Bridge.

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Lion Brewery Co

Lion Brewery Co is a British heritage brewery that was founded in 1836 in Lambeth, London.

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Lion Yard

The Lion Yard shopping centre is a covered shopping centre in the city centre of Cambridge, England.

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List of public art in the London Borough of Lambeth

This is a list of public art in the London Borough of Lambeth.

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Listed building

In the United Kingdom, a listed building is a structure of particular architectural and/or historic interest deserving of special protection.

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London Waterloo station

Waterloo station, also known as London Waterloo, is a major central London terminus on the National Rail network in the United Kingdom, in the Waterloo area of the London Borough of Lambeth.

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Nelson's Column

Nelson's Column is a monument in Trafalgar Square in the City of Westminster, Central London, built to commemorate Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson's decisive victory at the Battle of Trafalgar over the combined French and Spanish navies, during which he was killed by a French sniper. South Bank Lion and Nelson's Column are Animal sculptures in London and Sculptures of lions in the United Kingdom.

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Pea soup fog

Pea soup fog (also known as a pea souper, black fog or killer fog) is a very thick and often yellowish, greenish or blackish fog caused by air pollution that contains soot particulates and the poisonous gas sulphur dioxide.

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Queen Victoria

Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria; 24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901) was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until her death in 1901.

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River Thames

The River Thames, known alternatively in parts as the River Isis, is a river that flows through southern England including London.

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Rowland Hill

Sir Rowland Hill, KCB, FRS (3 December 1795 – 27 August 1879) was an English teacher, inventor and social reformer.

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Royal Festival Hall

The Royal Festival Hall is a 2,700-seat concert, dance and talks venue within Southbank Centre in London, England.

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The Rugby Football Union (RFU) is the national governing body for rugby union in England.

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South Bank

The South Bank is an entertainment and commercial district in central London, England on the south bank of the River Thames opposite the City of Westminster.

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The Lion and the Unicorn

The Lion and the Unicorn are symbols of the United Kingdom.

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Thomas Hardwick

Thomas Hardwick (1752–1829) was an English architect and a founding member of the Architects' Club in 1791.

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Trafalgar Square

Trafalgar Square is a public square in the City of Westminster, Central London, established in the early 19th century around the area formerly known as Charing Cross.

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Twickenham Stadium

Twickenham Stadium in Twickenham, in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, England, is a rugby union stadium owned by the Rugby Football Union (RFU), English rugby union governing body, which has its headquarters there.

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Westminster Bridge

Westminster Bridge is a road-and-foot-traffic bridge over the River Thames in London, linking Westminster on the west side and Lambeth on the east side.

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William F. Woodington

William Frederick Woodington (10 February 1806 – 24 December 1893) was an English painter and sculptor.

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Woburn, Bedfordshire

Woburn (meaning twisted or crooked stream) is a town and civil parish in Bedfordshire, England, about southeast of Milton Keynes and south of junction 13 of the M1 motorway.

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1991 Rugby World Cup

The 1991 Rugby World Cup (Coupe du monde de rugby 1991) was the second edition of the Rugby World Cup, and was jointly hosted by England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland and France: at the time, the five European countries who participated in the Five Nations Championship.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Bank_Lion

South Bank Lion, the Glossary

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See also

1837 sculptures

Animal sculptures in London

Grade II* listed buildings in the London Borough of Lambeth

Sculptures of lions in the United Kingdom

Stone sculptures in London

References