Founded by Elizabeth Finn, now called Elizabeth Finn Care.
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Distressed Gentlefolk's Aid Association
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Distressed Gentlefolk's Aid Association
Founded here by Elizabeth and Constance Finn, the Distressed Gentlefolk's Aid...
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Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Document adopted by the United Nations General Assembly at its third session on 10 December 1948. Eleanor Roosevelt chaired the committee that drafted it and our image shows her holding the Spanish...
1 memorial
Sir John Simon
Surgeon and public health officer. Born City of London. His name is of French origin which is worth knowing for pronunciation purposes. 1848 appointed the first Medical Officer of Health for London...
2 memorials
Deptford Trinity Almshouses
Not to be confused with the splendid Trinity Green Almshouses which were more almshouses also run by Trinity House. The almshouses were built on land given by Sir Richard Browne, Master of the Cor...
1 memorial
St Joseph's Almshouses
Roman Catholic almshouses, funded by Joseph and Mary Knight. Designed by Pugin, building began in 1847. 24 cottages were planned but only 18 built, in two blocks of 9, at the north-east corner o...
2 memorials
Settlements
The settlement movement was a reformist social movement that began in the 1880s and peaked around the 1920s in England and the United States. Its goal was to bring the rich and the poor of society ...
1 memorial