This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
National Trust
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Morley mosaics - KEW - Octavia Hill
Octavia Hill, born 1838. The founder of modern social work through her tirele...
Octavia Hill - Finchley
Hill's family were living in Brownswell Cottages in 1851. These were on Finc...
Octavia Hill - W1
English Heritage Octavia Hill, 1838 - 1912, housing reformer and co-founder o...
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
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Jamestown tree
Virginians seem keen on sending us their soil: in 1921 they gave us a statue ...
National Tree Week 1987
National Tree Week is an event which has been promoted by the Tree Council si...
Sutton House & the Robertson brothers
Sutton House This building was given to the National Trust by W. A. Robertson...
Other Subjects
G. Topham Forrest
Architect active in 1937. We have found his name associated with the design / laying out of: the Becontree estate in 1920 and the Downham Estate in Lewisham in 1923. Our colleague, Andrew Behan, h...
Nicholas Revett
Architect. Born in Framlingham, Suffolk. He went to Rome in 1742 to study under Marco Benefiale. In 1750 he travelled to Athens with James Stuart to record the antiquities. He incorporated some of ...
Person, Architecture, Art, Greece, Italy
Sir Christopher Wren
Born East Knoyle, Wiltshire, died London. Designer of 54 London churches, of which 13 were destroyed in the Blitz. Part of one of his churches, St Antholin, has ended up in an unexpected location...
Sir John James Burnet
Architect. Born Glasgow. Studied in Paris and returned to gain significant commisions in Glasgow. His first work in London was the Edward VII Galleries at the British Museum, for which he was kn...
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Evening Standard
Founded as The Standard it was first printed at 5 New Bridge Street, Blackfriars. May 2024: Londonist reported: "Evening Standard To End Its Daily Newspaper ... the Standard's new-look weekly will...
Arts and Crafts movement
This design and construction movement began in Britain around 1880 and quickly spread across America and Europe. Taking its name from the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society, it stood for traditiona...
Co-operative Bank
A retail and commercial bank with headquarters in Manchester. Formed in 1872 as the Loan and Deposit Department of the Co-operative Wholesale Society, becoming the CWS Bank four years later. Howeve...
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