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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...

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Octavia Hill - Finchley

Hill's family were living in Brownswell Cottages in 1851. These were on Finc...

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Octavia Hill - W1

English Heritage Octavia Hill, 1838 - 1912, housing reformer and co-founder o...

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This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
National Trust

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George Inn - National Trust

This plaque is on the left hand side of the courtyard.

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Jamestown tree

Virginians seem keen on sending us their soil: in 1921 they gave us a statue ...

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National Tree Week 1987

National Tree Week is an event which has been promoted by the Tree Council si...

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Sutton House & the Robertson brothers

Sutton House This building was given to the National Trust by W. A. Robertson...

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Raising the tower - Wandsworth All Saints

Raising the tower - Wandsworth All Saints

The upper storey of the west tower was added in 1841 to enable a peal of eight bells to be installed.  The picture shows the tower in 1810, pre-works.

Event, Architecture, Religion

1 memorial
John Elger

John Elger

Architect, master builder and speculative developer. Active in London and Bedford.  From British History: "... a Bedford carpenter's son who had made his name in the 1820s and '30s as a speculative...

Person, Architecture, Property

1 memorial
J. H. Evins

J. H. Evins

Architect active in the late 1800s.

Person, Architecture

1 memorial
Marcial Echenique

Marcial Echenique

Professor of Land Use and Transport Studies and Dean of Architecture at Cambridge.  Born Chile.  Awarded an OBE in 2009.

Person, Architecture, Education, Transport, Chile

1 memorial
Richard Norman Shaw

Richard Norman Shaw

Architect. Born Edinburgh. Pioneer of Old English and Queen Anne styles. His London works include: 1-2 St James Street, Grim's Dyke, the Royal Geographic Society, 17 Chelsea Embankment, Bedford Par...

Person, Architecture, Scotland

5 memorials

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Dr. John William Polidori

Dr. John William Polidori

This entry has kindly been written for us by Franklin Bishop, expert on Polidori, and editor of "John William Polidori ‘The Vampyre’ and other writings", 2005. Polidori wrote The Vampyre, a novell...

Person, Literature, Italy, Scotland, Switzerland

1 memorial
Gerard Manley Hopkins - NW3

Gerard Manley Hopkins - NW3

NW3, Oak Hill Way, Oakhill House

Gerard Manley Hopkins SJ, 1844 - 1889, priest and poet, lived in Oakhill Park 1852 - 1863. "The World is charged with the grandeur of Go...

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
Reginald Ruggles Gates

Reginald Ruggles Gates

Husband to Marie Stopes, botanist and geneticist. Born Nova Scotia, Canada. His marriage to Marie Stopes was a very public failure. Co-authored a book entitled "The Inheritance of Hairy Ear Ri...

Person, Science, Canada

1 memorial
River Effra

River Effra

At the Brockwell Lido plaque there is an information board which begins by explaining the function of stink pipes: "What is a stink pipe? The lofty green pipe behind you is a Victorian stink pipe, ...

Place, Gardens / Agriculture

17 memorials