Father Basil Jellicoe Blue Plaques - Drummond Street, London, UK
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Two blue plaques to remember the work done by Father Basil Jellicoe have been erected in Somers Town. The Camden New Journal recorded the event. The co-ordinates are for the plaque at the Basil Jellicoe Hall with photos for both locations.
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Location: London, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 09/26/2016
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The article at the Camden New Journal website tells us about the plaques and their background:
Plaques unveiled in Somers Town for social housing campaigner Father Basil Jellicoe.
A dedicated campaigner for social housing in Somers Town has been honoured nearly a century after his death.
Father Basil Jellicoe worked to replace slums around St Pancras and Euston with decent homes in the 1920s and 1930s. His efforts were the beginning of what is now Origin Housing.
On Tuesday, two blue plaques were unveiled for him at St Nicholas flats and Basil Jellicoe Hall.
Councillor Roger Robinson, who represents St Pancras and Somers Town on Camden Council, said: “Father Jellicoe has never really had proper recognition, so this is long overdue.”
Before the unveiling, Origin’s community development team worked with artist Tiziana Callari to set up an art banner workshop, inspired by Father Jellicoe’s work. Over six weeks, children, elderly people and adults with learning difficulties used various art forms to create tiles expressing their thoughts on community spirit in the 1920s and 30s, and what it means today.
These tiles form two banners on display at Basil Jellicoe Hall.
Ms Callari said: “When these pieces were finally united together, everyone could see the meaning behind the word ‘community’. Father Jellicoe was a unique character who created something amazing from just a dream. His work has created a strong and positive reality in the community."
The full wording on the blue plaques 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.