Plaque for St Jude's spire

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This plaque was created to commemorate both the presentation of the spire to Henrietta Barnett in 1911 for her 60th birthday, and its dedication by the Bishop of London in 1913.

Physical Object, SJ9
Plaque for St Jude's spire
Related person/organisation
Henrietta Barnett in profile
Born in 1856 Henrietta Barnett founded the Hampstead Garden Suburb in 1906 as an area to the north of London with affordable housing and green spaces so the working clas did not have to live in the slums she experienced in Whitechapel. 
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