Founded by Nathan Rothschild, 1st Baron Rothschild (1840-1915) and other Jewish philanthropists including Frederick Mocatta and Samuel Montagu to provide "the industrial classes with commodious and healthy Dwellings at a minimum rent". 1952 renamed as the Industrial Dwellings Society (1885) Ltd. Today known as IDS.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Four Per Cent Industrial Dwellings Company
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Rothschild Buildings arch
This arch originally formed an entrance to the tenement block of model dwelli...
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Leysian Mission
From Wesley's Chapel and from Kay: The Leys School was opened in Cambridge in 1875; just two years after non-Anglicans were admitted to the universities of Oxford and Cambridge. It was intended to...
8 memorials
Philip Blairman
Son of Harris Blairman who arrived from Poland in the late 1870s and in 1884 established the antique business, H. Blairman & Sons Ltd. Following active service in the Royal Flying Corp, Philip ...
2 memorials
Air Raid Precautions (ARP)
In WW2 each local council was responsible for setting up the local ARP to protect civilians from air raids. ARP Wardens were important members, enforcing the blackout, sounding the alarms, etc.
2 memorials
Rosehaugh Stanhope self-build housing initiative for the unemployed
Rosehaugh Stanhope Developments was responsible for a number of high-profile developments in the City, such as Broadgate. The Independent's 1992 report on the failure of the Rosehaugh company descr...
1 memorial
Lewisham Union
A workhouse, established in 1612 in a donated house, was rebuilt in 1817 (opposite the southern leg of the road Lewisham Park and now called the Waterloo block). The Lewisham Poor Law Union was fo...
1 memorial
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