List of things named after Queen Anne

List of things named after Queen Anne

This is a list of places and things named after Queen Anne of Great Britain, who reigned from 1702 to 1714.

"Note:" Not all things with "Queen Anne" in their name refer to the ruling queen. Anne's great grandmother Anne of Denmark, the queen consort of King James I of England, also lent her name to some things. The plant Queen Anne's Lace is named after Anne of Denmark, for instance, as is Cape Ann, Massachusetts.

Art, architecture, design and fashion

*Queen Anne Style architecture - A construction style popular in Great Britain and the United States from the 1870s until the early 1900s.
*Queen Anne Style furniture - A furniture style popular at the beginning of the 18th Century. Lighter and more graceful than its predecessors, its distinguishing characteristics included its curvilinear design, cabriole-style legs, and scallop-shell carvings.

Cities

*Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia, Canada - originally Port-Royal, it became Annapolis when the British took sovereignty of Nova Scotia. Annapolis County, Nova Scotia and the Annapolis Valley take their names from the town of Annapolis.
*Fort Anne, Nova Scotia - fortification in Annapolis
*Annapolis, Maryland, United States; the town of Princess Anne, Maryland, however, is named for Princess Anne of Great Britain, daughter of King George II.
*Fort Ann, New York - Both the town and its accompanying village are indirectly named after Anne.
* Queen Anne Town - Colonial port town established in 1706 near the tidal limit of the Patuxent River in Maryland, the town was later named Hardesty and never grew beyond the initial few houses and taverns.

City landmarks

*Queen Square, Bloomsbury, London - There is a statue in the square of Queen Charlotte, wife of King George III, but the square itself was built in 1708 and named for Anne.
*Queen Square, Bristol, UK - This was the first residential square built outside London, in 1702. Anne paid a visit to the site during construction.
*Queen Anne's Gate, Westminster, London, UK - a short street created by merging a square with an inn-yard. A bust of the Queen stands half way along.
*Queen Anne's Corner, Norwell, Massachusetts - a crossroads in the Accord section of the town.
*Queen Anne Square, a park in downtown Newport, Rhode Island.

Counties

*Queen Anne's County, Maryland
*Princess Anne County, Virginia (now defunct)

Hills

*Queen Anne Hill in Seattle, Washington, named for its Queen Anne style houses

Historical events

*Queen Anne's War

hips

*Queen Anne's Revenge, flagship of the notorious pirate Blackbeard

Weapons

*Queen Anne Pistol, A flintlock, turn-off style pistol commonly carried by naval personnel.

Miscellaneous

*Statute of Anne, copyright law of 1709
*Queen Anne's Gate, in Weymouth, Massachusetts, an apartment complex
*Queen Anne's sign, in medicine, a physical finding characterized by loss of hair affecting the outer third of the eye brows. It is associated with hypothyroidism, but was reportedly a fashionable way to pluck the eye brows during the reign of Queen Anne.


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