Octavia Hill, social reformer, established this garden, hall and cottages, and pioneered Army Cadets 1887 - 1890.
London Borough of Southwark
Voted by the people
SE1, Redcross Way, 50
The Red Cross Cottages were designed by Elijah Hoole.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Octavia Hill - SE1
Summarised from Army Cadets: In 1859 the Volunteers were formed (forerunner t...
Housing reformer and co-founder of The National Trust. Born at Wisbech, Camb...
Part of Octavia Hill's pioneering social housing scheme. It consists of two r...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Octavia Hill - SE1
The London Borough of Southwark was created as an amalgamation of the Metropo...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Octavia Hill - SE1
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