This garden was laid out in 1887 by Julia Countess of Ducie.
God saw the earth and behold it was very good. Have we done our best to make it very good?
The quotation comes from Genesis 1:31. The question is an addition.
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The Red Cross Cottages were designed by Elijah Hoole.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Red Cross Garden 3
Wife of Henry Reynolds-Moreton, Third Earl of Ducie. There is no portrait and...
Part of Octavia Hill's pioneering social housing scheme. It consists of two r...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Red Cross Garden 3
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Role on the lost expedition: Officer on SS Erebus. See John Franklin.
Writer. Born Edinburgh. Extremely popular in his lifetime, worldwide. Novels include: Waverley and Ivanhoe. Poems: Lady of the Lake. Died Abbotsford, south of Edinburgh, his home since 1812. ...
The plaque refers to the London Daily Mirror newspaper which challenged Houdini to escape from special handcuffs. On 17 March 1904 durin...
We don't know that the Geoffrey Hubbard we found on Wikipedia is the one named on the plaque but it seems likely, especially since the date of death would tally with a plaque being erected in Janua...
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