She was the penultimate child of six born to Mary, (previously Edmunds) and Samuel Cashmore.

[2] Bristol University Settlement was founded by Marian Pease and Cashmore in 1911.

Other settlements had tried to partner with universities but Cashmore aimed for a strong link.

[5] On International Women's Day in 2023 a blue plaque was unveiled in Bristol.

[6] Helen Mellor's biography, Hilda Cashmore: Pioneering Community Worker and Founder of Bristol's Barton Hill Settlement was published in 2021 by the Bristol Radical History Group.