Plaque

Octavia Hill Housing Trust

Erection date: 1990

Inscription

Octavia Hill Housing Trust
Houses on this site were given to Octavia Hill in 1886.
1990

It would be nice to know who did the giving but we can't find out.

Site: Octavia Hill Housing Trust (1 memorial)

W1, Cato Street, 60

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Octavia Hill Housing Trust

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Octavia Housing

Not-for-profit organisation with a strong track record in social housing and ...

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Octavia Hill

Housing reformer and co-founder of The National Trust.  Born at Wisbech, Camb...

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