Founded 1837 with Sydney Hall in Pond Place. At Exciting we learn "In about 1906 they published a set of cards showing their original Sydney Hall and vacant site nearby at the southern apex of Bury Street {now Bury Walk}, together with architect’s drawing for a new building. The new Sydney Hall was opened in June 1908; it is now {still standing and} home to the Oratory School." Our picture, which also comes from Exciting, is a photograph of the inside of the Hall which we think must be the new one.
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Chelsea Temperance Society
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Chelsea Temperance Society - Anscombe
Chelsea Temperance Society, founded 1837. To the memory of William Henry Ansc...
Chelsea Temperance Society - Brass
Chelsea Temperance Society, founded 1837. To the memory of John Henry Brass, ...
Chelsea Temperance Society - Dauncey
Chelsea Temperance Society, founded 1837. This stone was laid by Samuel Henry...
Chelsea Temperance Society - Dillon
To the memory of Hon. Conrad A. Dillon, who was connected with this society f...
Chelsea Temperance Society - McCurrey
To the memory of James & Margaret McCurrey, early & devoted workers i...
Other Subjects
Columbia Market
In 1852, the area Novia Scotia Gardens being a notorious slum, Angela Burdett-Coutts bought it with the intention of developing healthy accommodation for the poor and a market for their use. Howeve...
2 memorials
Hugh Price Hughes
Methodist preacher. Born Wales. Died at home in London. From West London Mission history page: "The West London Mission (WLM) was established in 1887 as part of a new initiative within Methodism –...
1 memorial
Archbishop Desmond Tutu
Bishop and opponent of apartheid and campaigner on many other causes: AIDS, homophobia, etc. Received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1984. His Wikipedia page and obituary confirm that he died, aged 90 ...
Person, Peace, Race Issues, Religion, Seriously Famous, Social Welfare, South Africa
1 memorial
Foundling Hospital
England's first home for abandoned children. Established in 1739 by Captain Thomas Coram. From the Museum's Friends Update: "On the afternoon of Wednesday 25 March {1741}, the coat of arms designe...
6 memorials
Ronald William Godfrey Jones, B.E.M.
Footballer. A serving soldier n WW2, he was taken prisoner and sent to a camp in Italy. He volunteered to be an engineer, but found himself being sent to Auschwitz concentration camp. Here he witne...
1 memorial
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Hubert le Sueur
French sculptor who spent most of his working life in England working for the court of Charles I.
1 memorial
Chelsea Flower Show
Originally known as the 'Royal Horticultural Society Great Spring Show', it was first held at the RHS garden in Kensington. It moved to The Royal Hospital, Chelsea in 1905 and now takes place annua...
1 memorial
Thomas Paine
Revolutionary. Born Thetford, Norfolk. Emigrated to the British American colonies and took part in the American Revolution. Travelled to France in 1781 and became sufficiently involved in politics ...
Person, Politics & Administration, Seriously Famous, France, USA
2 memorials
Katherine Low Settlement
A charity founded as part of the settlement movement, in tribute to philanthropist Katherine Mackay Low who had died the year before. It supports after-school projects and a youth club for young pe...
1 memorial
Streatham civilian war memorial
SW16, Streatham High Road, Garden of Rememberance, Streatham Common North
"Grief has no boundaries" is a quotation from a poem by Rohit Sapra. The information board defines the scope for this memorial: "people ...
2 subjects commemorated,
1 creator
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