Father Basil Jellicoe - Drummond Crescent, London, UK
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member Master Mariner
N 51° 31.784 W 000° 07.898
30U E 698952 N 5712636
This blue plaque, erected to the housing reformer Father Basil Jellicoe, is attached to the Basil Jellicoe Hall that is located on the south side of Drummond Cresent. The plaque is located above the entrance door.
Waymark Code: WMT4W3
Location: London, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 09/26/2016
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Norfolk12
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The full wording on the plaque reads:

Father Basil Jellicoe
1899 - 1935
Housing Reformer

Created housing
for the community
replacing the slums
of Somers Town

Wikipedia has an article about Basil Jellicoe that advises:

John Basil Lee Jellicoe (5 February 1899 - 24 August 1935) was a priest in the Church of England best known for his work as a housing reformer.

Jellicoe was born in Chailey, Sussex. A graduate of Magdalen College Oxford, he was ordained as an Anglican priest and became missioner at the Magdalen Mission in Somers Town, London. He was founder of the St Pancras Housing Association (originally the St Pancras House Improvement Society) and several other housing associations in London, Sussex and Cornwall. He toured the country in his small car fundraising and selling loan stock to fund these projects. His father, Thomas Harry Lee Jellicoe, rector of St Peter's Chailey, was a cousin of John Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe.

Jellicoe died in Uxbridge on 24 August 1935. A blue plaque was unveiled in his honour in Camden in 2014. He is commemorated in the Diocese of London with a memorial day on 24 August.

Blue Plaque managing agency: Unknown

Individual Recognized: Father Basil Jellicoe

Physical Address:
Basil Jellicoe Hall
Drummond Street
London, United Kingdom


Web Address: [Web Link]

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