Medical adviser to City Companies, with an interest in history, particularly John Wilkes. Cope promoted the erection of the statue.
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Enfield Society
Founded as the Enfield Preservation Society, and renamed The Enfield Society in 2007.
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Amelia Edwards
Egyptologist, novelist, journalist, traveller. Born Colebrook Row, Islington. First visited Egypt in 1873 and co-founded the Egypt Exploration Fund in 1882. Never married and bequeathed her collect...
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Werner Robert Valentin Picht
German sociologist. An early historian of English settlements. Published 'Toynbee Hall and the English Settlement Movement' in 1913. Werner Robert Valentin Picht was born on 28 September 1887 in B...
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Ragged School Museum
In 1877 a ragged school was set up by Dr Barnardo at 46-50 Copperfield Road, E3, in a group of three canal-side warehouses. The school closed in 1908 when there were enough schools in the area run...
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Greenwich and Deptford History Trail
This is a trail that has gone cold. We know of two other plaques which are part of it (Our Lady of the Assumption and Deptford Broadway), but none of the local libraries has full details.
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