Group    From 1927 

National Gardens Scheme

Opens (mainly private) gardens to the public to raise money for charity. Grew out of a need to provide finances for retired district nurses.

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This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
National Gardens Scheme

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Queen Mother Rose Walk

This Rose Walk has been given by friends of the National Gardens Scheme to ma...

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Lucy Lady Howard de Walden

Lucy Lady Howard de Walden

Sister to Lord George Cavendish Bentinck and Charlotte Viscountess Ossington. With their other sisters they had jointly inherited vast wealth.  When Charlotte died Lucy inherited her share and thus...

Person, Benefactor

1 memorial
Miss Ellen Reardon

Miss Ellen Reardon

At the ever-informative MDFCTA we find: Ellen Reardon of 2 New Terrace, Islington died on 4 February 1880. Her sister Margaret Reardon died 13 January 1876. In her will, Ellen Reardon bequeathed so...

Person, Benefactor

2 memorials
Michael Thomas Whitehall

Michael Thomas Whitehall

Benefactor of Catford. Andrew Behan has provide his research findings: Michael Thomas Whitehall was born on 18 October 1816 in Southend, Lewisham, Kent, the elder son and the fourth of the seven c...

Person, Benefactor

1 memorial
Wheeler family

Wheeler family

Benefactors active in 2013.  We'd guess that they were then living in the house on which they erected the plaque. British History Online, quoting the parish book, says that a Mr Wheeler lived in t...

Group, Benefactor

1 memorial