Monument MPM1888 - Memorial Tablet, Curzon Howe Road

Marble and stone memorial tablet dated 1912 commemorating slum clearance in Portsea. The table is attached to the wall of 36 Kent Street, on the south-east corner of Curzon Howe Road.

Marble and stone memorial tablet on the west wall of 36 Kent Street (corner of Curzon Howe Road), commemorating the slum clearance in Portsea and the construction new housing. The tablet is dated 1912 and has the City of Portsmouth star and crescent moon. It bears the following inscription:

'This stone was laid on October 24th 1912 by Alderman Sir Scott Foster, J. P. Mayor of Portsmouth to commemorate the clearance by the corporation of Portsmouth of an insanitary area lying between Queen Street and Kent Street Portsea and the construction of new dwellings…'

Howarth, A J, Norrish, K V, 1984, Monuments & Memorials in the City of Portsmouth (Unpublished document). SPM509.