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...
Social reformer. While curate of St Mary's in Bryanston Square, met Henrietta Barnett and married her in his own church. The site given as the picture source is a forum where the infamous Jack the...
Politician. Born at 7 Queen Square, Liverpool. Entered parliament in 1828. He played a leading part in humanitarian reforms, including the abolition of capital punishment for minor offences and of ...
Haven for political refugees from France and Switzerland and, in modern times, from Eastern Europe.
Trustee of the Putney Pest House Charity, 1862.
