Henry III granted this site to the brotherhood of St. Anthony of Vienna to set up a hospital, which over time consisted of almshouses for the poor, a church and a school. After the dissolution of the monasteries this was despoiled, given away (for use as a French church) or left to decay. the dates given are approximate.
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Hospital of St Anthony
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Hospital of St Anthony & French Protestant Church
Site of the 13th century Hospital of St Anthony and of the French Protestant ...
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John Eames, FRS
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Mary Wollstonecraft
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WW2 service men and women who trained in Walthamstow college
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Pioneer Health Centre
Founded by doctors George Scott Williamson and Innes Pearse as an integral part of the 'Peckham Experiment', the area being chosen because of its deprivation. Nine hundred and fifty local families...
1 memorial
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