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.
SE1, Redcross Way, 50
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
See Musee de la Resistance for more information on this memorial (in French).
We are indebted to Rosemary Jeffreys for the translation from the Latin. The business about "the south part being his own" is partly expl...
This Anchor Brewhouse is nothing to do with the Anchor Brewery at Park Street.
This garden acquired its name due to its popularity as a lunchtime garden with workers from the nearby General Post Office (long gone). ...
The Aldermanbury conduit stood in this street providing free water, 1471 - 18th century. City of London
