Life of Octavia Hill as Told in Her Letters

by Octavia Hill

[122]. South America.

[123]. The first bit of land given to the National Trust.

[124]. Lady Ducie left to Octavia a valuable freehold which had been managed by Octavia for many years.

[125]. Mr. Lawrence Chubb.

[126]. An old Church House in Kent.

[127]. A well given by Octavia to Toys Hill village, the spring being discovered by a “water-finder.”

[128]. The description refers to the dedication to the public of the land at Brandlehow, near Derwentwater.

[129]. Mrs. Hill was nearly ninety-four years of age at her death.

[130]. Mr. R. B. Litchfield, one of the founders of the Working Men’s College in Great Ormond Street (now in Crowndale Road).

[131]. This letter alludes to a proposed visit to Letchworth where she had been asked to assist in judging the merits of certain model cottages which were to be exhibited there.