Not-for-profit organisation with a strong track record in social housing and providing care services. Originated as Horace Street Trust and became a model for many subsequent housing associations. We believe this is the same organisation that used to be known as 'Octavia Foundation' and 'Octavia Hill Housing Trust'.
The Rowe Housing Trust, based in Notting Hill, merged with Octavia Housing, before 1971 we think, and for a time the organisation was known as the Octavia Hill & Rowe Housing Trust.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Octavia Housing
It would be nice to know who did the giving but we can't find out.
This community garden was created in 2017 to mark the 150th anniversary of th...
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Octavia Housing
Octavia Hill, a pioneer in housing reform built these cottages "for the peopl...
The roundel was created by a glass-making firm, James Powell and Son, after a...
Dedicated to Sir Reginald Rowe, 1868 - 1945. Octavia Hill and Rowe Housing Tr...
Built 1796 by property developer James Burton, who probably lived here while developing the surrounding area. The 1834 Davies & Bartlett map (bottom right corner) shows the house surrounded by ...
Toynbee Housing Association (which we guess is its new name) was created out of activities at Toynbee Hall.
From Louis Zettersten: WORCESTER WHARF – Here stood in the 15th century Worcester House, belonging to the Earls of Worcester, but Stow records that the palace was "now divided into many tenements."...
Reading left to right the five 4-storey houses in the picture are numbers 18 - 10. Â The picture source gives some detailed descriptions of the houses in their 1957 state and informs that in 1813 ou...
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