Tree

Royal Free Hospital - 150 anniversary tree

Erection date: 1978

Inscription

This Mulberry was donated by the League of the Royal Free Hospital Nurses to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the founding of the Hospital.

Site: Royal Free Hospital (8 memorials)

NW3, Rowland Hill Street, Heath Strange Garden

This strangely monikered garden was named for Dr William Heath Strange who, in 1882, founded the Hampstead General Hospital that went on to merge with the Royal Free.

The 4 trees are in the central lawn with the 3 memorials for the hospitals. the Hendrick stone is in the flowerbed behind the camera.

2014: We read that there are plans to extend the hospital buildings onto this garden.

2022: We revisited and this garden has been built over by the Pears Building. There is a small 'memorial garden' to the east of that but when we visited there were no memorials other than the relocated Rowland Hill plaque. One wonders where all these memorials went.

This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Royal Free Hospital - 150 anniversary tree

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Royal Free Hospital

Founded by William Marsden as the London General Institution for the Gratuito...

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Royal Free Hospital - 150 anniversary tree

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League of the Royal Free Hospital Nurses

We've put the two leagues together: League of the Royal Free Hospital Nurses ...

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This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
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Royal Free Hospital - Dewhurst

Royal Free Hospital - Dewhurst

This tree was planted by the nurses and hospital colleagues in memory of Mr. ...

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Royal Free Hospital - Hendrick

Royal Free Hospital - Hendrick

In memory of Helen Hendrick, born 14.11.1953, died 31.07.2012.

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Royal Free Hospital - Mendelsohn

Royal Free Hospital - Mendelsohn

Annette Mendelsohn, 1949 - 2008, child & adolescent psychotherapist.

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Royal Free Hospital - old and new hospitals

Royal Free Hospital - old and new hospitals

To commemorate the unveiling of the original stone frieze of Hampstead Genera...

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Royal Free Hospital - original hospital foundation stone

Royal Free Hospital - original hospital foundation stone

The quote is from the Bible, Galatians 6:2. This is the foundation stone of ...

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Nearby Memorials

TS Eliot tree

TS Eliot tree

WC1, Russell Square

The tree is just inside the entrance to the garden at the south-east corner.

1 subject commemorated, 3 creators
Royal Canadian Air Force  - WW2 HQ, Tree, 1946

Royal Canadian Air Force - WW2 HQ, Tree, 1946

WC1, Lincoln's Inn Fields, 20 - 28

In the film the year on the plaque is slightly obscured and looks more like "1942" but surely the event must have taken place after the e...

1 subject commemorated, 3 creators
Doreen Collins

Doreen Collins

WC1, Lansdowne Terrace

There is another dedicated tree here but its main purpose is to blow Marks and Spencer's corporate trumpet so we decided against honourin...

1 subject commemorated
Nirmal Roy

Nirmal Roy

WC1, Tavistock Square Gardens

Tree planted in or before May 2006.

1 subject commemorated
Basil Marsden Smedley - Dovehouse Street

Basil Marsden Smedley - Dovehouse Street

SW3, Dovehouse Street

These trees are in memory of Basil Marsden Smedley, 1901 - 1964. 

1 subject commemorated