Née Martin. In 1922 she became the first woman chartered surveyor and for 51 years until her retirement in 1973 she ran her own business. She was one of the people who shaped the organisation of housing associations in Britain and worked for better living facilities in Somers Town where she had her practice. In 1925 she became secretary of the St Pancras Housing Association and in the 1930s her struggle with landlords and loan sharks led to the association's own loan club and retail furniture shop.
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Irene Barclay
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Somers Town Mural
This mural was commissioned by the GLC in 1980 and moved to this site by St P...
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Devonshire House
Built for the third Duke of Devonshire in about 1740 and used as the London residence for his family until its demolition in 1924. Â The garden to the north stretched as far as Lansdowne House. Â The...
1 memorial
Haddon Hall
Located at 42 Southend Road, Beckenham. David Bowie lived in flat 7 here from October 1969 to May 1972. The photograph shows him in the garden of the house. It was demolished in the early 1980s.
1 memorial
Toynbee Housing Society
Toynbee Housing Association (which we guess is its new name) was created out of activities at Toynbee Hall.
1 memorial
House of Commons
The palace of Westminster has been the home of Parliament since a meeting there in 1295. It split into two "houses" in 1341 but, having been built as a royal residence, the palace had no suitable m...
4 memorials
Spurstowe Almshouses
Discover National Archives gives: "Shortly before his death in 1666, the Reverend Dr William Spurstowe, Vicar of Hackney, built six almshouses near Church Street, Hackney, for six ancient widows fr...
2 memorials
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