Prison reformer. Born as Elizabeth Gurney in Norwich into a Quaker banking family. Priscilla Wakefield was her aunt. She first visited Newgate prison in 1813 and was appalled at the conditions of female prisoners. She campaigned and was influential in the introduction of the Prison Act of 1823. She is represented on the English £5 note.
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Elizabeth Fry
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Elizabeth Fry
Mrs Elizabeth Fry, 1780 - 1845, prison reformer, lived here, 1800 to 1809. T...
New Lansdowne Club
The Elizabeth Fry Refuge, 1849 -1913, to help women in need. Elizabeth Fry, 1...
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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
St Peter's Hospital / Fishmongers Almshouses
The almshouses were on the area west of Newington Butts and south of St George’s Road, now occupied by the Tabernacle and an anonymous office block to the north. Erected in two phases: firstly St. ...
2 memorials
1 memorial
Swan Housing Association
Established in the 1990s. As at 2025 Swan Housing Association is a wholly owned subsidiary of Sanctuary.
1 memorial
Stanley G. Shaw
Worked for the St. Pancras Housing Society from 1929 to 1958.
1 memorial
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