Holyoake House
Introduction
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Holyoake House
Image: © Gerald England Taken: 28 Nov 2012
The co-operative activist George Jacob Holyoake died in 1906 and the Co-operative Movement decided to commemorate him by building a permanent headquarters for the Co-operative Union. The building, designed by F. E. L. Harris, was erected in 1911 on Hanover Street and named Holyoake House. A plaque Image was erected outside the building dedicating the building to Holyoake's memory. Holyoake House is grade II listed http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-388168-holyoake-house-
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Image Location
Latitude
53.486484
Longitude
-2.23973