Plaque

St Joseph's Cottages - Hume

Erection date: 17/10/1986

Inscription

After renovation in 1985 initiated by Canon John Longstaff and completed by Canon Michael Richards, rectors of St Mary's, St Joseph's Cottages were re-opened on 17 October 1986 by Cardinal Basil Hume OSB, Archbishop of Westminster.

Site: St Joseph's Cottages (2 memorials)

SW3, Cadogan Street

Prior to about 1840 this site was occupied by Wellington Cricket Ground.  The almshouses were built as part of a complex of buildings including St Joseph's Primary School and St Mary's Church. London Gardens Online has more about the site and the various buildings, but we think they are wrong in connecting the site with Lords Cricket Ground.

The two plaques are either side of the porte-cochère.

This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
St Joseph's Cottages - Hume

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St Joseph's Almshouses

Roman Catholic almshouses, funded by Joseph and Mary Knight.   Designed by Pu...

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Canon John Longstaff

Rector of St Mary’s Church Cadogan Street, 1965 - 1983. Andrew Behan has kin...

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Canon Michael Richards

Catholic priest.  Born Wales.  Served as a second lieutenant in the 12th Roya...

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This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
St Joseph's Cottages - Hume

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Basil Hume

Born Newcastle upon Tyne. Cardinal. Archbishop of Westminster from 1976 until...

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This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
St Joseph's Cottages - Hume

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St Joseph's Cottages - Cashman

St Joseph's Cottages - Cashman

St Joseph's Cottages, built by the generosity of Joseph and Mary Knight 1850,...

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