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 ...
The plaque gives his birth year as 1863, when, according to the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, it was 1869.
The "Lord Mayor of the City of Westminster" was present but no name is given. Â In Westminster the Mayors change over in May, the month of...
We are tempted to write a letter to the Times ourselves, bemoaning the excessive length of the text on this plaque: "We trust it is not a...
As one might guess from the tatty state of the plaque this 1985 building has had a number of names in its short life, including: Kentish ...
The two foundation stones can be seen below the more ornate plaque. We do like their plain multi-layered frames. The building was threat...
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