Erection date: 25/9/2018
The site of the Oriolet Fruitarian Hospital (1895 - 1903) and its director Dr Josiah Oldfield (1863 - 1953)
Loughton Town Council, 2018
IG10, Staples Road, 91
The plaque is on the site of the hospital's open-air ward block.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Oriolet Hospital and Dr Oldfield
Founded and endowed by Arnold Frank Hills (1857–1927), MD of Thames Ironworks...
Lawyer, physician, and writer on health. And creator of hospitals - read on. ...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Oriolet Hospital and Dr Oldfield
An Urban District Council from 1900 to 1933. It became part of Chigwell Urban...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Oriolet Hospital and Dr Oldfield
From the Imperial College website: The Royal College of Science building was completed in 1906 ….. The building was designed by architect...
Somewhere we read about this house where the "surname is recorded in a rebus in the tiling of the front step". On our first visit, 2008, ...
Plaque unveiled by film director Martin Scorsese, Thelma Schoonmaker, film editor and Michael Powell's widow, his son Columba Powell and ...
This is an excellent example of how even modern plaques can be very pretty. The flower seller on our visit very kindly adjusted the awnin...
The Covid-19 pandemic meant the unveiling ceremony took place on Facebook.
