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Latitude: 51.4814 / 51°28'52"N
Longitude: -0.023 / 0°1'22"W
OS Eastings: 537382
OS Northings: 177675
OS Grid: TQ373776
Mapcode National: GBR K6.JVB
Mapcode Global: VHGR7.K177
Plus Code: 9C3XFXJG+GR
Entry Name: Memorial to Margaret Mcmillan at Rachel Mcmillan Nursery School
Listing Date: 13 February 1995
Last Amended: 26 June 2002
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1214190
English Heritage Legacy ID: 398946
ID on this website: 101214190
Location: Deptford, Greenwich, London, SE8
County: London
District: Greenwich
Electoral Ward/Division: Greenwich West
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Greenwich
Traditional County: Kent
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Greater London
Church of England Parish: Deptford St Nicholas and St Luke
Church of England Diocese: Southwark
Tagged with: Memorial
786/26/10035 MCMILLAN STREET
13-FEB-95 (East side)
MEMORIAL TO MARGARET MCMILLAN AT RACHEL
MCMILLAN NURSERY SCHOOL
GV II
Memorial to Margaret McMillan (1860-1931), erected May-November 1932 to the designs of Herbert Baker. Sculptor unknown. Stone on brick plinth, a circular column inscribed 'IN MEMORIAM MARGARET McMILLAN, PALM SUNDAY 1931, MISERIS
SUCCURRERE DISCO' ('I learn to succour the poor', the McMillan clan motto) with a roll moulding at the top and decorated base carved with figures, animals and plants in bas relief. Iron lantern on top. McMillan was a pioneer in nursery education, whose ideas on health, fresh air and imaginative play were first embodied in a building on this site in 1914.
Sources
Minutes of the Rachel McMillan School Management Committee, 1932
Herbert Baker, Architecture and Personalities, 1944
District Surveyors Returns held at London Metropolitan Archives.
Listing NGR: TQ3738277675
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