In memoriam
Newman Hall, D.D.
Homes for the aged, given by his widow.
Opposite is Newman Hall's former home.
NW3, Hampstead Square, 8
On her death in 1922, Harriet Hall's will showed that she had bequeathed nos 7, 8 and 9 Hampstead Square as almshouses for pensioners. 2023: the charity the Newman Hall Home for Pensioners still exists, but we doubt these houses are still almshouses.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Newman Hall
Eldest daughter of Edward Knipe, of Water Newton, Huntingdonshire. Married N...
Non-conformist minister and hymn writer. Born Maidstone, Kent as Christopher ...
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Editor of 'London Society', ‘an illustrated magazine of light and amusing literature’. He was close friends with Randolph Caldecott whose illustrations often appeared in his publications.
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