Building    From 1987 

Gatehouse Square, Southwark

Categories: Social Welfare

Building

Social housing and nearby workshops designed by the Greater London Council for Southwark Council and funded by the Sea Containers Group.

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Gatehouse Square, Southwark

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Gatehouse Square, Southwark

The sculpture is titled "Great Oaks from Little Acorns".  From PMSA:"... hold...

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Reverend James Palmer

Reverend James Palmer

In 1656 he founded almshouses in Palmer’s Passage for six poor old men and six poor old women together with a school for the education of twenty boys. Old maps show these almshouses running most of...

Person, Religion, Social Welfare

2 memorials
Blossom Street Almshouses

Blossom Street Almshouses

Also known as Almshouses, Blossom Terrace, built by William Goswell. In the same street there were also the Weavers' Company Almshouses but they look to be a different building. From British Histo...

Building, Social Welfare

1 memorial
Justice for Lai Dai Han

Justice for Lai Dai Han

This group campaigns for an independent UN-led investigation into allegations of widespread sexual violence by South Korean soldiers during the Vietnam War. The group commissioned the Mother and Ch...

Group, Gender Issues, Law, Social Welfare

1 memorial
Charles Hopton

Charles Hopton

Born into a wealthy merchant family and admitted as a child to the Guild of Fishmongers. His will provided for almshouses to be built in the parish of Christchurch, Blackfrars, for poor, single men...

Person, Benefactor, Social Welfare

2 memorials
Elsie Naisbett MBE

Elsie Naisbett MBE

Tenant activist.  Lived on the Studley Estate in Stockwell for 47 years, and helped a number of estates to transfer to being run by housing associations, along with investment from the Labour gover...

Person, Social Welfare

1 memorial