List of dedications to Edith Cavell

This is a list of places and organisations named after Edith Cavell. For major monuments to her memory, see the list at Edith Cavell.

Medical and nursing

CountryFacilityNotes
UKA ward in the Basildon University Hospital, Basildon, Essex[1]
AustraliaA building at Brisbane General Hospital Precinct[2]
UKA ward in the Whittington Hospital in Archway, London
UKA wing of Homerton Hospital, Hackney, London
CanadaA wing of Toronto Western Hospital
CanadaCavell Gardens Care Home, VancouverThe site was Edith Cavell Hospital from 1955 to 2000
UKCavell House Care Home, Middle Road, Shoreham-by-Sea BN43 6GS
UKCavell Ward at the former Digby Hospital ExeterExe Vale Hospitals group
CanadaEdith Cavell Care Centre, Lethbridge, Alberta
New ZealandThe Edith Cavell Home, Hospital, and Village. Sumner, ChristchurchA retirement village
BelgiumCentre hospitalier interrégional Edith-Cavell (CHIREC)Group of five hospitals including the former Edith Cavell Clinic, Uccle (Ukkel) Brussels[3]
UKEdith Cavell Healthcare Campus, PeterboroughThe campus is on the site of the former Edith Cavell Hospital where she received part of her education
CanadaCavell Building, Quinte Children's Treatment Centre, Belleville, OntarioDemolished in 2013
CanadaEdith Cavell Regional School of Nursing, Belleville, OntarioDemolished in 2013[4]
UKEdith Cavell Surgery, Streatham, London
BelgiumSanatorium Edith Cavell, Obourg
UKEdith Cavell Building (ECB)Housing the School of Nursing Science, University of East Anglia, Norwich
AustraliaThe Edith Cavell TrustEstablished by the New South Wales Nurses' Association to provide scholarships to nurses in New South Wales
USAThe Edith Cavell Nursing Scholarship FundA philanthropy of the Dallas County Medical Society Alliance Foundation providing scholarships to exceptional nursing students in Dallas, Texas and the surrounding area
UKCavell Entrance, Royal London Hospital, Whitechapel, London
UKEdith Cavell Unit, Maidstone Hospital, KentA 12-bed ward, which cares for elderly patients[5]

Streets

CountryStreetLocationNotes
BelgiumRue Edith CavellBrusselsWhere there is an hospital named Edith Cavell, next to previous "Rue de la Culture" which was her first nurse school
FranceAvenue Edith CavellHyères43.11064°N 6.12595°E / 43.11064; 6.12595
FranceAvenue Edith-CavellNice
FranceRue Edith CavellCannes
FranceAvenue Miss CavellSaint-Maur-des-Fossés
CanadaCavell AvenueEtobicoke, Ontario
CanadaCavell AvenueGuelph, Ontario
CanadaCavell AvenueThe Danforth neighbourhood of Toronto
USACavell AvenueTrenton, New Jersey
USACavell AvenueTwin Cities, Minnesota
USACavell StreetRoselle, New Jersey
UKCavell CloseWoodbeck, NottinghamshireDemolished
UKCavell CloseTelfordAdjacent to Princess Royal Hospital
UKCavell DriveBishops Stortford, Hertfordshire51.86674°N 0.17654°E / 51.86674; 0.17654
CanadaCavell DriveWinnipeg, Manitoba
UKCavell DrivePortsmouthQueen Alexandra Hospital
New ZealandCavell PlaceWhanganui[6]
UKCavell RoadBillericay, Essex
UKCavell RoadDudley, West MidlandsFormerly part of Worcestershire[7]
UKCavell RoadNorwich
UKCavell StreetWhitechapel, LondonFormerly known as Bedford Street. It runs next to the London Hospital where Cavell trained.
New ZealandCavell StreetDunedin45.90052°S 170.51940°E / -45.90052; 170.51940
New ZealandCavell StreetReefton
AustraliaCavell StreetWest Hobart, TasmaniaFormerly known as Princes St, renamed 1921.
USACavell StreetWestland, Michigan
UKCavell WalkStevenage
UKCavell WayMaidenbower, Crawley, West Sussex
UKCavell WayPendleton, Salford, Greater Manchester
CanadaEdith Cavell BoulevardPort Stanley, Ontario
UKEdith Cavell CloseOpenshaw, Manchester
UKEdith Cavell CourtKingston upon Hull
South AfricaEdith Cavell StreetHillbrow, Johannesburg26.19227°S 28.04675°E / -26.19227; 28.04675
MauritiusEdith Cavell StreetPort Louis20.16566°S 57.50207°E / -20.16566; 57.50207
UKEdith Cavell WayShooters Hill, London51.47201°N 0.04777°E / 51.47201; 0.04777
UKEdith Cavell WaySteeple Bumpstead
BelgiumEdith CavellstraatOstend
New ZealandNurse Cavell LanePaparoa, Northland
PortugalRua Edith CavellLisbon38.733283°N 9.131662°W / 38.733283; -9.131662
PortugalRua Edith CavellAmadora38.746813°N 9.229928°W / 38.746813; -9.229928
BelgiumRue Edith Cavell / Edith CavellstraatUccle (Ukkel), Brussels50°48′24″N 4°21′26″E
FranceRue Edith CavellLe Havre49.50846°N 0.0842°E / 49.50846; 0.0842
FranceRue Edith CavellVitry-sur-Seine
FranceRue Miss CavellArques
FranceRue Miss Edith CawellCreil

Schools, houses and school buildings

CountrySchoolHouse or buildingLocationNotes
UKCrosslee Primary SchoolCavell HouseBlackley, Manchester
CanadaA middle schoolWindsor, OntarioClosed in 1987
CanadaAn elementary schoolSault Ste. Marie, OntarioLater renamed to S.F. Howe
UKStamford High SchoolCavellStamford, Lincolnshire
UKSheringham High SchoolCavell HouseSheringham, NorfolkBlue house.
JerseyJersey College for GirlsCavell HouseDark blue house
IndiaPratt Memorial SchoolCavell HouseKolkataGreen house
IndiaQueen Mary SchoolCavell HouseMumbaiGreen house
ArgentinaNorthlands SchoolCavell HouseOlivosFounded 1920
UKCliff Park Junior SchoolCavell HouseGorlestonRed house
AustraliaSt Aidan's Anglican Girls' SchoolCavell HouseBrisbaneBlue house
UKCavell Primary SchoolNorwich
CanadaEdith Cavell Elementary SchoolSt. Catharines, Ontario
CanadaEdith Cavell Elementary SchoolVancouver, British Columbia
IndiaBarnes SchoolEdith Cavell HouseDeolaliGreen house
UKRugby High School for GirlsEdith Cavell HouseRugbyHouse abolished after 1979.
UKEdith Cavell Lower SchoolBedford
CanadaEdith Cavell SchoolMoncton, New Brunswick
UKWymondham Collegea boarding blockNorfolk
UKEdith Cavell Secondary SchoolHackney, London
UKAbbeydale Grammar School for GirlsCavell HouseSheffield
JamaicaSt. Andrew High School for GirlsCavell HouseSaint AndrewSchool house, denoted by the colour red.

Other

CountryNameLocationNotes
UKCavell GardensInvernessCavell Gardens War memorial named in 1922, with new memorial stone added 2015[8]
VenusCavell CoronaLat 38.3, Long 18.8A geological feature on the planet
UKCar parkQueensgate shopping centre, PeterboroughOne of four car parks in the centre. During refurbishment in 2011 plans to drop the names of all four car parks and refer only to them by colour (Cavell being "blue") resulted in a public backlash and the names being retained. [9][10]
UKCavell HouseClevedon, SomersetWhere she spent some of her childhood, now a guest house.
UKCavell House26, College Road, NorwichWhere her parents lived in retirement
USACavell ParkNortheast Minneapolis, MinnesotaA playground.[11]
New ZealandEdith Cavell bridgeShotover River, Otago regionThe bridge, opened in 1919, was unofficially named by a person who lived in a hut nearby. Whilst the local council did not agree with the naming, the name stuck and the bridge has since been known by this name[12][13]
USAEdith Cavell Chapter of the Daughters of the British EmpireHouston, Texas
UKThe Edith CavellTombland, Norwichpublic house
UKThe Cavell VanThe passenger luggage van that transported her remains from Dover to London during her repatriation.[14]
Miss Edith CavellA variety of rose first bred in 1917
CanadaMount Edith CavellAlbertaA peak in the Canadian Rockies, named for her in 1916[15][16]
UKRadio CavellOldhamA hospital radio station at the Royal Oldham Hospital
USAYWCA Camp CavellLexington, Michigan
UKEdith Cavell Projectile FactoryOvernewton, Glasgow[17]
France, BelgiumGirl's nameEdith became a popular name for French and Belgian girls after her execution. The French chanteuse Édith Piaf (1915–1963), born two months after Cavell was executed, was the best known of these.[18]
USARacehorse Edith CavellMare sired by Man o' War out of The Nurse. Foaled in 1923, Edith Cavell won the 1926 Coaching Club American Oaks and also defeated male horses in other stakes events.
UKCavell zoneQueensgate Car Park, PeterboroughOne of the floors in the multi-storey car park for the Queensgate shopping centre, opened in 1982 (the other floors named after John Clare and Henry Royce)


References

Citations

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