Runnymede where Magna Carta was sealed
The Meadows & Monuments at Runnymede England

Memorials & Urban H Broughton
Broughton Memorial Pier by Lutyens
 Broughton Pier
 Magna Carta Pier






Broughton died in January 1929 just prior to elevation to the peerage. His wife, Cara Leland (née Rogers) Broughton became the first Lady Fairhaven, and their eldest son, the first Baron Fairhaven by command of King George V. In December 1929 Lady Fairhaven presented the Runnymede Meadow and surrounding lands to the National Trust.

Sir Edwin Lutyens was commissioned to design a memorial to Broughton consisting of the kiosks and piers at the Egham end with lodges and piers at the Windsor end. Lutyens also designed a low wide arch bridge to carry the main road over the Thames integrating the road layout and bridge design into his plans for the memorials. The kiosks were moved to their present location when the M25 motorway was constructed.

There are two octagonal kiosks with piers facing each other across the A308 towards Egham, one of which is shown here with the Runnymede water meadow in the background. These piers are a shorter version of those adjacent to the lodges either side of the same road towards Old Windsor in the Long Mede area of Runnymede. The lodges show typical Lutyens design features with steeply angled roofs, large false chimneys and no rain water gutters at the eves.

The piers carry similar inscriptions. On one face is the inscription:
“ In these Meads on 15th June 1215 King John at the instance of Deputies from the whole community of the Realm granted the Great Charter the earliest of constitutional documents whereunder ancient and cherished customs were confirmed abuses redressed and the administration of justice facilitated new provisions formulated for the preservation of peace and every individual perpetually secured in the free enjoyment of his life and property. ”
and on the other the words:
“ In perpetual memory of Urban Hanlon Broughton 1857 - 1929 of Park Close Englefield Green in the county of Surrey Sometime Member of Parliament These meadows of historic interest on 18th December 1929 were gladly offered to the Nation by his widow Cara Lady Fairhaven and his sons Huttleston Lord Fairhaven and Henry Broughton ”

The memorials were opened in 1932 by the Prince of Wales (Edward VIII) and are Grade II listed buildings.
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