The first university settlement house. Founded by Samuel and Henrietta Barnett. The idea was that the educated rich should live close to the poor and thus change society for the better. The Guild and School of Handicraft started life here in 1888.
Spitalfields Life have a good post about Toynbee Hall with lots of pictures.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Toynbee Hall
Our picture comes from Google satellite view and shows, better than can be se...
Toynbee Housing Society Evershed House Community - Opened on September 23rd 1...
Toynbee Hall Gatehouse Inaugurated by the Prime Minister, the Rt. Hon. Harold...
Pioneered by Eleanor Rathbone, specified in the 1942 Beveridge Report, Family Allowances were introduced in a 1945 Act of Parliament and came into operation in 1946. It was the first time that a f...
From British History On-line “…. the campaign which culminated in the Old Age Pensions Act of 1908 was begun at a conference held there {Browning Hall - see Robert Browning Settlement} by Charles ...
MP, brewer, slave abolitionist and social reformer. Born Essex. Entered the Brick Lane brewery Truman, Hanbury & Company in 1808, eventually taking on sole ownership. 1807 married Hannah Gurney...
This college has its origins in the temperance Royal Victoria Coffee and Music Hall. In 1882, using the back-stage and the dressing rooms of the theatre, Emma Cons introduced Tuesday “penny” lectur...
