Event    From 1887 

Open Spaces Act, 1887

Categories: Gardens / Agriculture

Event

This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Open Spaces Act, 1887

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St Mary Magdalene Gardens

These grounds were laid out under the Open Spaces Act at the joint expense of...

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Octavia Hill

Octavia Hill

Housing reformer and co-founder of The National Trust.  Born at Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, her father's eighth daughter (yes, really).  She believed that social housing should be small houses (rather...

Person, Gardens / Agriculture, History, Property, Social Welfare

9 memorials
Vauxhall Park

Vauxhall Park

An information board near to the Fawcett house plaque gives: "Vauxhall Park was created by a special Act of Parliament in 1888 on land whose history can be traced back to the 11th Century. A group ...

Place, Gardens / Agriculture

1 memorial
Lawrence Chubb

Lawrence Chubb

Sir Lawrence Wensley Chubb was an Anglo-Australian professional Secretary whose work was on environmentalist causes. Born in Australia, he migrated to England and in 1891 was working as an auction...

Person, Gardens / Agriculture, Sport / Games, Australia

1 memorial
The Crown Estate

The Crown Estate

Their plaques have an 'R' representing Regent Street which is a Crown Estate website for promoting Regent Street as a shopping destination. 

Group, Gardens / Agriculture, Property

3 memorials
Major Edmund Leopold de Rothschild, CBE, TD

Major Edmund Leopold de Rothschild, CBE, TD

Financier and horticulturalist. He was born on 2 January 1916 in Westminster the second of the four children of Lionel Nathan de Rothschild (1882-1942) and Marie Louise Eugénie de Rothschild née B...

Person, Armed Forces, Commerce, Gardens / Agriculture, Politics & Administration

1 memorial