List of dedications to Edith Cavell

Last updated November 04, 2023

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

Country	Facility	Notes
UK	A ward in the Basildon University Hospital, Basildon, Essex	^[1]
Australia	A building at Brisbane General Hospital Precinct	^[2]
UK	A ward in the Whittington Hospital in Archway, London
UK	A wing of Homerton Hospital, Hackney, London
Canada	A wing of Toronto Western Hospital
Canada	Cavell Gardens Care Home, Vancouver	The site was Edith Cavell Hospital from 1955 to 2000
UK	Cavell House Care Home, Middle Road, Shoreham-by-Sea
UK	Cavell Ward at the former Digby Hospital Exeter	Exe Vale Hospitals group
Canada	Edith Cavell Care Centre, Lethbridge, Alberta
New Zealand	The Edith Cavell Home, Hospital, and Village. Sumner, Christchurch	A retirement village
Belgium	Centre hospitalier interrégional Edith-Cavell [ fr ] (CHIREC)	Group of five hospitals including the former Edith Cavell Clinic, Uccle (Ukkel) Brussels ^[3]
UK	Edith Cavell Healthcare Campus, Peterborough	The campus is on the site of the former Edith Cavell Hospital where she received part of her education
Canada	Cavell Building, Quinte Children's Treatment Centre, Belleville, Ontario	Demolished in 2013
Canada	Edith Cavell Regional School of Nursing, Belleville, Ontario	Demolished in 2013^[4]
UK	Edith Cavell Surgery, Streatham, London
Belgium	Sanatorium Edith Cavell, Obourg
UK	Edith Cavell Building (ECB)	Housing the School of Nursing Science, University of East Anglia, Norwich
Australia	The Edith Cavell Trust	Established by the New South Wales Nurses' Association to provide scholarships to nurses in New South Wales
USA	The Edith Cavell Nursing Scholarship Fund	A philanthropy of the Dallas County Medical Society Alliance Foundation providing scholarships to exceptional nursing students in Dallas, Texas and the surrounding area
UK	Cavell Entrance, Royal London Hospital, Whitechapel, London
UK	Edith Cavell Unit, Maidstone Hospital, Kent	A 12-bed ward, which cares for elderly patients^[5]

Streets

Country	Street	Location	Notes
Belgium	Rue Edith Cavell [ fr ]	Brussels	Where there is a hospital named Edith Cavell, next to previous "Rue de la Culture" which was her first nurse school
France	Avenue Edith Cavell	Hyères	43°06′38″N6°07′33″E / 43.11064°N 6.12595°E / 43.11064; 6.12595
France	Avenue Edith-Cavell	Nice
France	Rue Edith Cavell	Cannes
France	Avenue Miss Cavell	Saint-Maur-des-Fossés
Canada	Cavell Avenue	Etobicoke, Ontario
Canada	Cavell Avenue	Guelph, Ontario
Canada	Cavell Avenue	The Danforth neighbourhood of Toronto
UK	Cavell Avenue	Cambourne, Cambridgeshire	52°13′13″N0°05′44″W / 52.22024°N 0.09566°W / 52.22024; -0.09566
USA	Cavell Avenue	Trenton, New Jersey
USA	Cavell Avenue	Twin Cities, Minnesota
USA	Cavell Street	Roselle, New Jersey
UK	Cavell Close	Woodbeck, Nottinghamshire	Demolished
UK	Cavell Close	Telford	Adjacent to Princess Royal Hospital
UK	Cavell Drive	Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire	51°52′00″N0°10′36″E / 51.86674°N 0.17654°E / 51.86674; 0.17654
Canada	Cavell Drive	Winnipeg, Manitoba
UK	Cavell Drive	Portsmouth	Queen Alexandra Hospital
New Zealand	Cavell Place	Whanganui	^[6]
UK	Cavell Road	Billericay, Essex
UK	Cavell Road	Dudley, West Midlands	Formerly part of Worcestershire ^[7]
UK	Cavell Road	Norwich
UK	Cavell Street	Whitechapel, London	Formerly known as Bedford Street. It runs next to the London Hospital where Cavell trained.
New Zealand	Cavell Street	Dunedin	45°54′02″S170°31′10″E / 45.90052°S 170.51940°E / -45.90052; 170.51940
New Zealand	Cavell Street	Reefton
Australia	Cavell Street	West Hobart, Tasmania	Formerly known as Princes Street, renamed 1921.
USA	Cavell Street	Westland, Michigan
UK	Cavell Walk	Stevenage
UK	Cavell Way	Maidenbower, Crawley, West Sussex
UK	Cavell Way	Pendleton, Salford, Greater Manchester
Canada	Edith Cavell Boulevard	Port Stanley, Ontario
UK	Edith Cavell Close	Openshaw, Manchester
UK	Edith Cavell Court	Kingston upon Hull
South Africa	Edith Cavell Street	Hillbrow, Johannesburg	26°11′32″S28°02′48″E / 26.19227°S 28.04675°E / -26.19227; 28.04675
Mauritius	Edith Cavell Street	Port Louis	20°09′56″S57°30′07″E / 20.16566°S 57.50207°E / -20.16566; 57.50207
UK	Edith Cavell Way	Shooter's Hill, London	51°28′19″N0°02′52″E / 51.47201°N 0.04777°E / 51.47201; 0.04777
UK	Edith Cavell Way	Steeple Bumpstead
Belgium	Edith Cavellstraat	Ostend
New Zealand	Nurse Cavell Lane	Paparoa, Northland
Portugal	Rua Edith Cavell	Lisbon	38°44′00″N9°07′54″W / 38.733283°N 9.131662°W / 38.733283; -9.131662
Portugal	Rua Edith Cavell	Amadora	38°44′49″N9°13′48″W / 38.746813°N 9.229928°W / 38.746813; -9.229928
Belgium	Rue Edith Cavell / Edith Cavellstraat	Uccle (Ukkel), Brussels	50°48′24″N4°21′26″E / 50.80667°N 4.35722°E / 50.80667; 4.35722
France	Rue Edith Cavell	Le Havre	49°30′30″N0°05′03″E / 49.50846°N 0.0842°E / 49.50846; 0.0842
France	Rue Edith Cavell	Vitry-sur-Seine
France	Rue Miss Cavell	Arques
France	Rue Miss Edith Cawell	Creil

Schools, houses and school buildings

Country	School	House or building	Location	Notes
UK	Crosslee Primary School	Cavell House	Blackley, Manchester
Canada	A middle school		Windsor, Ontario	Closed in 1987
Canada	An elementary school		Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario	Later renamed to S.F. Howe
UK	Stamford High School	Cavell	Stamford, Lincolnshire
UK	Sheringham High School	Cavell House	Sheringham, Norfolk	Blue house.
Jersey	Jersey College for Girls	Cavell House		Dark blue house
India	Pratt Memorial School	Cavell House	Kolkata	Green house
India	Queen Mary School	Cavell House	Mumbai	Green house
Argentina	Northlands School	Cavell House	Olivos	Founded 1920
UK	Cliff Park Junior School	Cavell House	Gorleston	Red house
Australia	St Aidan's Anglican Girls' School	Cavell House	Brisbane	Blue house
UK	Cavell Primary School		Norwich
Canada	Edith Cavell Elementary School		St. Catharines, Ontario
Canada	Edith Cavell Elementary School		Vancouver, British Columbia
India	Barnes School	Edith Cavell House	Deolali	Green house
UK	Rugby High School for Girls	Edith Cavell House	Rugby	House abolished after 1979.
UK	Edith Cavell Lower School		Bedford
Canada	Edith Cavell School		Moncton, New Brunswick
UK	Wymondham College	a boarding block	Norfolk
UK	Edith Cavell Secondary School		Hackney, London
UK	Abbeydale Grammar School for Girls	Cavell House	Sheffield
Jamaica	St. Andrew High School for Girls	Cavell House	Saint Andrew	School house, denoted by the colour red.

Other

Country	Name	Location	Notes
Canada	Mount Edith Cavell	One Dollar postage stamp	Printed by British American Bank Note Company, December 4, 1930 (Scott: #177)
UK	Cavell Gardens	Inverness	Cavell Gardens War memorial named in 1922, with new memorial stone added 2015^[8]
Venus	Cavell Corona	Lat 38.3, Long 18.8	A geological feature on the planet
UK	Car park	Queensgate shopping centre, Peterborough	One 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]
UK	Cavell House	Clevedon, Somerset	Where she spent some of her childhood, now a guest house.
UK	Cavell House	26, College Road, Norwich	Where her parents lived in retirement
USA	Cavell Park	Northeast Minneapolis, Minnesota	A playground.^[11]
New Zealand	Edith Cavell Bridge	Shotover River, Otago region	The 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]
USA	Edith Cavell Chapter of the Daughters of the British Empire	Houston, Texas
UK	The Edith Cavell	Tombland, Norwich	public house
UK	The Cavell Van		The passenger luggage van that transported her remains from Dover to London during her repatriation.^[14]
	Miss Edith Cavell		A variety of rose first bred in 1917
Canada	Mount Edith Cavell	Alberta	A peak in the Canadian Rockies, named for her in 1916^[15]^[16]
UK	Radio Cavell	Oldham	A hospital radio station at the Royal Oldham Hospital
USA	YWCA Camp Cavell	Lexington, Michigan
UK	Edith Cavell Projectile Factory	Overnewton, Glasgow	^[17]
France, Belgium	Girl's name		Edith 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]
USA	Racehorse Edith Cavell		Mare 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.

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