History of a street · 1180 Uccle

Rue Edith Cavell

In Dutch: Edith Cavellstraat

Rue Edith Cavell, in Uccle, has 159 buildings on the Atlas map, for 186 addresses. No period dominates: the street mixes buildings from 6 periods, from the 1880s to the 2020s. Almost everything there appears after 1914.

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When the street was built

  • before 14000
  • 1400 – 15990
  • 1600 – 16990
  • 1700 – 17990
  • 1800 – 18490
  • 1850 – 18790
  • 1880 – 19131
  • 1914 – 194430
  • 1945 – 196948
  • 1970 – 198946
  • 1990 – 200929
  • since 20105

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 44: 1913. 9 buildings in the street are dated by the heritage inventory.

Today's buildings, grouped by the period when the Atlas map first shows building on their plot. Approximate reconstruction.

Where its name comes from

Kind of name
Commemorative name
Theme
First World War
Named in
1918

Edith Cavell (1865-1915) était infirmière à Bruxelles, d'origine anglaise. Pendant la guerre, elle fit passer de nombreux soldats vers la Grande-Bretagne et fut, à ce titre, fusillée par les Allemands pour haute trahison. ex. rue du Grand-Bruxelles. (remark in French, as published)

Source: Odoniris, database of Brussels street names (EBxl), CC BY-SA 4.0.