List of things named after Elizabeth II

This is a list of places, buildings, roads and other things named after Queen Elizabeth II. It is divided by category, though each item's location is noted in the entry.

Elizabeth II is the reigning monarch of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms since 6 February 1952.

Awards and commemorative emblems

Geographic locations

Structures

Buildings

Elizabeth Gate, an entrance into Kew Gardens.
Queen Elizabeth II Court in Winchester, England.

Former:

Hospitals and health

Monuments & Sculptures

Equestrian statue of the Queen on the grounds of the Saskatchewan Legislative Building.
Queen speech Bicentennial Bell

Former:

  • Nigeria: bronze statue that once stood in front of the Nigerian Parliament building depicting the Queen sitting on the throne by Ben Enwonwu, 1956. It was removed after Nigeria became a republic and now stands at the Deputy High Commissioner's Residence in Lagos

Roads, highways, bridges and footpaths

Former:

  • Iran: Elizabeth II Boulevard (Persian: بلوار الیزابت دوم – Bolvār Elizābet Dovvom), Tehran, named to commemorate the Queen's visit in 1961, renamed Keshavarz Boulevard (Persian: بلوار کشاورز – Bolvār e Keshāvarz) in 1979.[4][5]

Schools

Note: Queen Elizabeth Secondary School, Surrey, British Columbia was named after Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother

Other

QE2 bow name, October 2008

Former:

  • United Kingdom: Class 91 91029 Queen Elizabeth II. The railway locomotive was named by the Queen in person in March 1991. It lost its nameplate in the late 1990s when GNER was founded, was renumbered in 2000, withdrawn in 2020 and finally scrapped the following year.

References

  1. "DMU Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Leisure Centre". www.dmu.ac.uk.
  2. Grimwade, Mary; Hailstone, Charles (1992). Highways and Byways of Barnes. Barnes and Mortlake History Society. p. 32.
  3. Room, Adrian (1992). The Street-Names of England. Paul Watson. p. 169.
  4. Elliot, Jason. Mirrors of the Unseen: Journeys Through Iran. Picador. p. 15.
  5. "Keshavarz Boulevard - Matchless Tehran Street". Iran Radio Culture. 4 February 2013. Retrieved 12 September 2013.
  6. "Queen Elizabeth II Public School - Chatham - Queen Elizabeth II Public School - Chatham".
  7. https://www.lkdsb.net/school/queenelizabethc/Pages/default.aspx
  8. Allison, George (4 March 2018). "Royal Navy confirm which monarch HMS Queen Elizabeth is named for". UK Defence Journal. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
  9. "Queen Elizabeth 2 reopens as a floating hotel in Dubai". Maritime History Author Chris Frame. 30 December 2020. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  10. "Bust of HM Queen Elizabeth II situated just inside queen's room starboard side was originally qeii's image". Dreamstime. 30 December 2020. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
  11. Castella, K. (2012). A World of Cake. Storey Publishing. p. pt463. ISBN 978-1-60342-446-2.
  12. "UK zoo names white rhino 'Queenie' after Elizabeth II". DW. 13 March 2022. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
  13. "Floribunda Roses - Queen Elizabeth II". Grosvenor Garden Centre. Retrieved 23 July 2014.

See also

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