Established in the East End as the Bedford Institute Association to act on Education, Religious Effort, Moral Training, and Relief of the sick and destitute. Named for the Quaker silk merchant and philanthropist, Peter Bedford.
1893 they were given Hoxton Hall in William Isaac Palmer's will. 1998 renamed as Quaker Social Action and a new 99-year lease on Hoxton Hall was issued.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Bedford Institute / Quaker Social Action
Hoxton Hall. Built 1863 as a music hall. Owned since 1893 by Bedford Institu...
Born Harold Joseph Laski at Smedley House, Cheetham Hill, Manchester. His mother's maiden name was Frankenstein. He lectured at universities in Canada and America. Returning to Britain he became Pr...
Person, Education, Philosophy, Politics & Administration, Canada, USA
Became a student at UCL in 1863. The picture source gives details of his assasination by a Korean nationalist. Picture source gives details of this.
Education reformer and leader of Jewish League for Woman Suffrage. She championed the Parents' National Educational Union and the ideas of Charlotte Mason. Born as Henrietta Montagu in London into...
We can find very little about this school, it's all just hints and pointers. AIM25's holdings for All Saints Church include some records about the parish school, presumably this one. The earlies...
