London Borough of Hackney
Lewis "Daddy" Burtt, 1860 - 1935, John Burtt, 1855 - 1925, Honorary Secretary & Superintendent, Founders of Hoxton Market Christian Mission, founded in 1886. Operating from these premises from 1915, for the benefit of local people.
N1, Hoxton Market, 13
On the pier between numbers 13 and 14: "Shaftesbury House, Hoxton Market Christian Mission".
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Hoxton Market Christian Mission
Founded by John and Lewis Burtt. Described by Charles Booth as a "soup kitche...
Brother of John Burtt. They had been found on the street and were educated i...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Hoxton Market Christian Mission
Hackney Council was created in 1965 from the 3 Metropolitan Borough Councils ...
These 6 plaques are on the east elevation of the building, below the ground floor windows. We have numbered the plaques left to right. F...
The plaque was erected on the initiative of Sir Alfred Bossom MP, then president of the Anglo-Texan Society. It was unveiled by former Te...
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The BBC report of the unveiling contains a limerick composed and read by a Westminster councillor at the event. This demonstrates that l...
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