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 Australia A building at Brisbane General Hospital Precinct 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 (CHIREC) Group of five hospitals including the former Edith Cavell Clinic, Uccle (Ukkel) Brussels 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 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 UK Edith Cavell Room, Education Centre, Ipswich Hospital, Suffolk
Streets Country Street Location Notes Belgium 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 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 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 Canada Cavell Drive Winnipeg, Manitoba UK Cavell Drive Portsmouth Queen Alexandra Hospital New Zealand Cavell Place Whanganui UK Cavell Road Billericay, Essex UK Cavell Road Dudley, West Midlands Formerly part of Worcestershire 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 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 Mauritius Edith Cavell Street Port Louis UK Edith Cavell Way Shooter's Hill, London UK Edith Cavell Way Steeple Bumpstead Belgium Edith Cavellstraat Ostend New Zealand Nurse Cavell Lane Paparoa, Northland Portugal Rua Edith Cavell Lisbon Portugal Rua Edith Cavell Amadora Belgium Rue Edith Cavell / Edith Cavellstraat Uccle (Ukkel), Brussels France Rue Edith Cavell Le Havre 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 NotesCanadaMount Edith CavellOne Dollar postage stampPrinted 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 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. 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. 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 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. 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 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 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. 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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