Philatelic Photograph: Berkeley Memorial Fountain and Clock - Basseterre, St. Kitts

Berkeley Memorial Fountain and Clock

Basseterre, St. Kitts

N 17° 17.713 W 062° 43.425

Short Description: 

The Berkeley Memorial Fountain and Clock is located in the center of The Circus where Liverpool Row, Bank Street and Fort Streets meet.

Long Description: 

A sign in English, French, Spanish and German describes the history of the Berkeley Memorial. The English version is inscribed:

This monument was erected in 1883 in honor of Thomas Berkeley, a former president of the General Legislative Council in St. Kitts in the 1880's.

Located in the heart of the circus, the four clock faces are a replica of the Big Ben clock located in London England.

The bronze plaque on the memorial is inscribed:

THE

BERKELEY 

MEMORIAL 

THIS 

DRINKING FOUNTAIN 

has been erected by the 

Countrymen and Private 

Friends of the late the 

Honourable Thomas 

Berkeley Hardtman

Berkeley, Companion 

of the Most Distinguished

Order of Saint Michael 

and Saint George, and 

President of the General 

Legislative Council of

the Leeward Islands, in 

recognition of the many 

valuable services he 

rendered this his native 

land as a Planter, a 

Politician, and a Citizen. 

His sterling qualities, 

his love for this Island, 

and his deep interest in the 

welfare of the Community 

at large, entitle him to 

a Memorial, by which his 

memory will be preserved 

and perpetuated. 

St. Kitts.

January 1883.

The stamp was issued by St. Kitts on August 19, 1992 as part of a set of four stamps depicting sights around St. Kitts.