Building    From 1892  To 1967

Bermondsey Settlement

The Settlement Movement began in England and the U.S.A in the 1880s and peaked around the 1920s. Its aim was to get the rich and poor in society to live more closely together in an interdependent community. It established 'settlement houses' in poor urban areas, in which middle-class volunteers would live, and share their knowledge and culture, in the hope of alleviating the poverty of their low-income neighbours. The Bermondsey Settlement was founded by the  Reverend John Scott Lidgett. Doctor Alfred Salter and his wife Ada were prominent members.

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk

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Bermondsey Settlement

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Doctor Alfred Salter - SE1

Alfred Salter Playground Dr Alfred Salter studied medicine at Guy's Hospital ...

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Wolf Club

Wolf Club

Used to meet at The Coal Hole in the Strand. In about 1826 Edmund Kean was a leading founder member.  Qualification for membership: being forbidden by your wife to sing in the bath.  So the club ch...

Group, Community / Clubs

1 memorial
The Clapham Society

The Clapham Society

A society founded with the aim of improving the quality of life in Clapham and to strengthen its identity and sense of community. Initiated a Green Plaque Scheme in 2011 to commemorate interesting...

Group, Community / Clubs

3 memorials
Doctor Innes Pearse

Doctor Innes Pearse

Medical practitioner and biologist. Born Innes Hope Pearse in Purley, Surrey. She worked on thyroid research at the Royal Free Hospital, with George Scott Williamson who she later married. Together...

Person, Community / Clubs, Medicine

1 memorial
Basil Marsden Smedley

Basil Marsden Smedley

Barrister and local politician in Chelsea. Born and lived his entire adult life in Chelsea.  At the age of 16 lost the use of his right arm. Member of Chelsea Borough Council 1928 until his death. ...

Person, Community / Clubs, Politics & Administration

2 memorials