[1] Burt's design was modelled on the obelisk in Ludgate Circus[2] (now in Salisbury Square, off Fleet Street), commemorating the politician Robert Waithman.
[6] The top two courses were damaged by the Great Blizzard in 1881, only being restored after Burt reminded the local authority that it had accepted responsibility for its maintenance.
[8] By 1931 the top 13 courses had been removed, probably by local builder Frank Smith on the instructions of the owner of the adjacent property at 158 High Street, who believed it had become unsafe but had been unable to get the council to act.
[11] Local historian David Lewer attempted to have the memorial restored for the centenary of Prince Albert's death in 1961, but without success.
[13] There were abortive attempts to re-establish the memorial for the Queen's Silver Jubilee in 1977, when Prince Albert Gardens was opened in 1996 and for the Millennium in 2000.